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EDITOR’S LETTER For most Ausssies, Kiwis and Saffas, travel, travel, and more travel is a big reason for moving to the UK. There’s no better way to tap into the spirit of adventure than at TNT’s annual travel show this Saturday.

Come along and listen to inspiring talks, and bag some fantastic one-day only bargains for your next trip.

See pages 63-77 for more on what’s on offer at the show.

94 Sea what it’s about: scuba-diving in Egypt

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I have lived in London for just over four years now. I have had a great time mostly and would like to keep the good times rolling, so I am going through the process of extending my ancestry visa.

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I finished the Camino de Santiago in October 2009, after five weeks.

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Recently I had to leave the London school I was working at because my working holidaymaker visa ran out.

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Unfortunately, visa regulations in this country only become flexible when the price is right.

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Even the street art is cooler in Shoreditch, as proven by this jaunty squirrel adorning Club Row. Scamper round the corner and you’ll find the uber trendy Broadway Market, a little further on and it’s the flowerfest of Columbia Road, and a few steps in the other direction will deliver you to the cultural melting pot of Brick Lane, where vintage-clad kids mingle with old-timers and Bengali families.

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WHEN: March 14. 11.30am-6pm.

DO IT BECAUSE: Because it’s a great excuse to drink too much on a Sunday afternoon and stagger around London trying on an excruciating Irish accent.

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Capital idea: Beigel Bake The Italians gave us pizza and the Turks (and others) gave us kebabs. Now, Jews take a bow – check out the bagels at this 24-hour East End institution.

Beigel Bake never shuts, instead dishing out a steady stream of fresh bread and bagels at all hours. You haven’t had a big night in Shoreditch until you’ve joined the glassyeyed queue for a baked treat to soak up the booze.

It’s a tiny little hole in the wall, but it oozes charisma and has stood the test of time. The

bagels are the highlight – and what keep the hordes coming back– and have a variety of fillings (the salt beef and mustard is recommended, while the smoked salmon and cream cheese is also a goer).

At £3.30 each, this is a place you’ll return to. In fact, you’ll make the trip out to the East End just so your night ends with a doughy treat.

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THE LOCH NESS MONSTER Sightings of Nessie are dismissed by the scientific community as a hoax, but an entire industry has sprung up around the myth of a long-surviving plesiosaur splashing around in the Scottish Highlands.

It began in 1933, when a London man, George Spicer, claimed to have seen “the nearest

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THE KRAY TWINS What happened? Ronald and Reginald Kray (above, Reggie with the black tie) were born

in 1933 and grew up in Bethnal Green. They worked their way from protection rackets to owning billiard halls and cabaret bars.

The twins became London identities, but remained violent hard-men. When East End enforcer George Cornell made the mistake of calling Ronnie a “fat poof” in 1966, Ronnie went to the Blind Beggar pub and shot Cornell dead.

Later that year, Reggie fatally stabbed hitman Jack ‘the Hat’ McVitie in a Hackney flat.

In 1968 the Krays were tried and convicted for murder and received life sentences. Ronnie died of a heart attack in 1995. Reggie was

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n another era, the East End was a byword for vice and violence, a place where squalor incubated gangsters, pimps, murderers and thieves. For generations this seedy underbelly has been populated by a revolving cast of shady characters, its history pockmarked with dramatic events that held London rapt.

So what traces of their lawlessness can be detected in today’s re-made East End?

released on compassionate grounds in 2000, and died shortly afterwards.

What remains? The Blind Beggar pub is still standing at number 337 Whitechapel Road.

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JACK THE RIPPER What happened? In 1888, a series of murders shocked the East End. Between August 31 and November 9 the bodies of five prostitutes were discovered, throats cut and organs removed.

No one was convicted of the Whitechapel murders, so the mystery of Jack the Ripper still endures. Several wild theories about the killer’s identity have been floated but no consensus exists, even on the number of Ripper murders – the five women alluded to are the “canonical five” but it could be as many as 11 – or whether the murderer possessed medical expertise.

What remains? The Ripper met his most famous victim, Mary Kelly, at the Ten Bells pub on the corner of Commercial and Fournier Streets.

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THE SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET What happened? In December 1910, police interrupted a break-in at a jewellery store. In

In response, “ Stepney rose as one that day ”

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the ensuing shoot-out three officers were killed before the gang escaped. Investigations focused on London-based anarchists, and police traced them to a house on Sidney Street, where the leader of the gang, Peter Piatkow, was hiding.

Thousands of shots were fired back and forth before the place burst into flames. Police found the bodies of two gang members in the embers, but Piatkow was never located.

What remains? Sidney Street runs between Mile End Road and Commercial Road, near Whitechapel Tube.

THE SABINI BROTHERS What happened? Between the World Wars, the Sabini brothers

– Harry, George, Darby, Joseph, Charles and Fred – ran protection rackets, targeting bookies at racecourses. In the 1920s the Sabinis’ crew battled for control of London’s tracks with the Brummagen Boys and the Cortesi family, and the gangland war was intensified by divided loyalties within the police force.

The Sabinis later branched out into slot machines and gambling clubs, and it is widely accepted they were behind a gold bullion snatch at Croydon airport in 1936.

What remains? The Sabini boys were born and raised in Saffron Hill, near Farringdon Tube.

JACK ‘THE SPOT’ COMER What happened? Born in 1912, Jack Comer grew up in a Jewish ghetto on Myrdle Street and was nicknamed ‘Spot’ because of a mole on his cheek.

Protection rackets made him one of London’s underworld ‘kings’ for about 20 years.

Comer is forever associated with the Battle of Cable Street in 1936, when the British Union of Fascists marched through the East End. In response, Stepney rose as one against fascism and the police protecting the demonstrators.

What remains? A large mural depicting the Battle remains on the side of St George’s Town Hall, about 200m west of Shadwell DLR.

WHY THE EAST END? East London’s erstwhile underworld was founded on three factors: the docks, immigrants and poverty.

Thieves aiming to steal cargo being transported along the Thames often used East London as a rallying point, ensuring that there were always plenty of villains loitering in the area.

Today, it’s hard to imagine the grinding poverty that once afflicted so much of London, and few parts were poorer than the East. It’s no surprise that men turned to racketeering and violence.

The upshot of the docks and the poverty was an influx of immigrants to East London, which in turn saw whole streets ghettoised and sectarian clashes between rival criminal gangs.

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RESTAURANT REVIEW Phoenix Palace ★★★★★

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THE SCENE If its glory wall of celebrity diners is anything to go by, this classy, cavernous Chinese restaurant is at the top of its game. Tucked up a Marylebone side street, it’s an

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Wine course Buying wine over here in London has always been a bit of a daunting experience.

With so many types to pick off the shelves, from old-world French to new-world Chilean, what usually happens – if you’re not going for the halfprice bargain – is choosing a recognisable drop from home. That’s where the West London Wine School comes in.

Kicking off with a glass of champagne, we learn about that smelling and slurping business – which is not just for show – as Jimmy Smith (right), who runs the school, guides us through different grapes, wines and how to taste them.

We’re a mixed bunch, from those who know and love their wine to those who wanted a fun weekend activity, but it doesn’t seem to make a difference, as Jimmy regales with us with nuggets of info, which sees us all scribbling on our splattered tasting sheets.

After a very long (and much-needed) pub lunch,

deep in crockery. Proof that duck can be shredded, rolled and served using only a fork.

BILL PLEASE It’s not a budget experience, and it’s easy to ratchet up the bill with extra side dishes. Dinner for two, sharing rice, starter and prawn crackers, comes to about £30.

VERDICT The full Chinatown experience without the hustle and bustle. CLAIRE GOODALL

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FOR STREET FOOD Daddy Donkey Leather Lane Market, EC1N 7TE What sounds like a children’s book is actually a Mexican food mobile feeding City workers during the week. Join the queue for one of their yummy burritos. we go through another six wines – comparing feisty Aussie Shiraz with Spanish Rioja, Chardonnay from the same region, and the difference between old-world and new-world Pinot Noir – before rounding the day off with Port, chocolate cake and

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THE GRUB All the standard Chinese dishes, served with impeccable style. The crispy duck arrives succulent and still steaming, the sweet and sour pork comes with seasonal fruit – melon – and the fried rice is agreeably eggy.

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Aussie TV commentators Eddie Maguire and Mick Molloy are in hot water with gay rights activists after their alleged homophobic mocking of male ice skaters.

OZ PRUDISH OVER PAM A racy TV advertisement featuring a barely clad and bursting all over Pamela Anderson has been pulled from Australian TV.

Audiences Down Under have been labelled as prudish after the Advertising Standards Bureau upheld hundreds of complaints about the cheeky commercial, agreeing that it was a step too far.

In the promotion for Perthbased internet company Crazy Domains, top-heavy Anderson

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Crazy Domains managing director Gavin Collins is trying to fight the ban, and blames feminist bloggers for stirring up the controversy.

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Mia Wasikowska INTERVIEW JAMES MOTTRAM Did you feel pressure playing a character as iconic as Alice?

There was a certain amount of pressure, when you’re playing a character that’s very well known and very beloved by so many people. But we discussed that from the beginning. One of the things we wanted to do was take away that baggage that comes with her being Alice in Wonderland and more find the teenage girl behind that iconic image.

I was terrified “ of Disney films ” How did you feel when you first read Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland?

Well, my most vivid memories of Alice as a kid … my mom used to pop me and my siblings in front of the Czech version of the film [by Jan Svankmajer], which is this amazing stop-motion piece.

I remember us watching it and being incredibly disturbed but really riveted.

We never really got up and left. I just remember watching it through and then watching it again and again.

How do you feel about becoming a star now?

Do you speak Polish?

I used to speak a little bit – but not very well.

Your parents are artists, right?

My dad was a photographer and a collagist … We grew up in galleries and travelling around with them. They always involved us and encouraged us and showed us interesting films. We lived in Poland for a year when I was eight years old, which was a similar age to what Alice was when she went to Wonderland. And there’s something about being placed in a completely different place when you’re at this age, where you can completely absorb it and soak it in.

How did you get into acting?

I did dance for a number of years, very intensely, from the age of eight to 14. Towards the end of that I was doing 35 hours a week. But before I gave it up, or decided to pursue acting, it became so much about achieving physical perfection – which again was this thing that was so unobtainable. I was probably smaller than I am now and less comfortable with myself and less happy with my body, when I was constantly being confronted with my imperfections, than I am now.

At the same time this was grating on me as a teenager, I was watching films like Breaking The Waves that were really inspiring me, because they were about people’s imperfections and the things that they do wrong and how that affects you as a person.

Isn’t body image a big issue in the film business, though?

Yeah, but I feel like coming from dance, this is so much kinder.

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I don’t know. I never grew up in the movies or with an awareness of films or celebrity culture. I grew up in a small city in Australia. So I don’t know. This is a completely different world for me.

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But are you prepared to become a new Disney icon?

She has twice been nominated by the Australian Film Institute: in 2006 for a Young Actor’s Award for Suburban Mayhem, and in 2009 for an International Award for HBO show In Treatment.

I don’t know! I guess I have no choice in that, so I guess I have to be!

Did you grow up watching Disney movies?

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so heart-wrenching. So I didn’t really watch Disney films.

No. I was terrified of Disney films!

I probably shouldn’t say that, but I really found them emotionally upsetting. Bambi and The Lion King … I really found them

Mia was born on October 14, 1989, and raised in Canberra, where she still lives with her parents and brother and sister.

Her next film, The Kids Are All Right, sees her play the daughter of a lesbian couple, played by Annette Bening and Julianne Moore.

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CINEMA Shutter Island

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley

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★★★★★

After four films DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are still to conjure up a masterpiece as a pair.

Like previous collaborations Gangs Of New York, The Aviator and The Departed, thriller Shutter Island, as memorable as it is, has just too many annoying flaws to be counted among the director’s best offerings.

Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, the film sees US marshals Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Ruffalo) visit a hospital for the criminally insane on Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of murderous patient Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer).

Plagued by feverish dreams of his own tragic past and confronted by a dodgy chief psychiatrist (Kingsley),

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Daniels has to keep his grip on reality while unearthing the facility’s dark secrets.

A not-too-subtle homage to Alfred Hitchcock, Shutter Island has a satisfyingly twisted plot and creepy images that will haunt you for days. DiCaprio, while still looking like a teenager in his dad’s hat

and coat, puts in an intense, moving performance and receives good support.

However, a disappointing ending that fails to do justice to an enthralling build-up means Shutter Island is never as great as you want it to be.

GOOD FOR: Hitchcock fans.

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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

Nicole Kidman may return to the cinema to star in a romantic comedy.

Having failed to set screens on fire in films of that genre (such as The Stepford Wives and Bewitched), the Aussie actress (right) is apparently keen to have another crack with the movie The Wedding Doctor.

Kidman will play “a relationship analyst who advises couples on their interpersonal dynamics before they marry,” reports New York Magazine.

Kidman’s character falls for a groom and, well, you can guess the rest.

Based on the first book in the best-selling trilogy by late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, this engrossing film sees a journalist (Michael Nyqvist) and computer hacker (Noomi Rapace) track down a number of serial killers. Superb performances make this an unmissable whodunnit.

GOOD FOR: Murder mystery fanatics. PDV

★★★★★

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★★★★★ The team that brought you the last two Bourne films – Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon – combine for another superior action film in which a soldier finds himself under fire when he looks for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. A relevant, hugely satisfying war flick from a filmmaker and actor who are both in top form.

GOOD FOR: Those who want to feel Bourne again. PDV

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The actor accessorised his outfit with a bespoke 46664 bangle.

The number combines Nelson Mandela’s prison number with the year of his release, 1964, and is now a symbol of the former South African president’s humanitarian causes.

Freeman plays Mandela in Invictus, the Clint Eastwood film about the Springboks’ 1995 Rugby World Cup victory in South Africa.

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CULTURE GHOSTS Iain Glen directs and also stars in Frank McGuinness’s version of Ibsen’s oncescandalous 1881 drama of hypocrisy, syphilis and closely guarded secrets.

He plays the self-righteous Pastor Manders, to whom Lesley Sharp’s widowed Mrs Alving once turned, in vain, for help in the early years of a disastrous marriage to the incorrigible philanderer who left her financially rich but emotionally desolate.

The return of her diseased artist son Oswald (sent away in childhood to shield him from his father’s dissolute influence) and his interest

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SEE THIS: Theatre in her servant girl finally prise skeletons from cupboards.

Surprisingly topical in parts, this tragedy no longer shocks – but, in Glen’s sometimes astute but more often heavy-handed production, it also fails to move. LOUISE KINGSLEY

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that confounded long-held assumptions about the development of technology in the area, but perhaps suffers from its extensive focus on smaller, boutique pieces.

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MUSIC GORILLAZ Plastic Beach

MUSIC & CLUBS

(Parlophone)

★★★★★

The hardest working man in showbiz has had a busy three years, forming a supergroup, writing an opera, composing a theatrical score and reforming Blur. But it seems that Damon Albarn also found the time to make a new album under his all-conquering Gorillaz moniker.

Built around a vague environmental theme, Plastic Beach picks up where Demon Days left off, with Albarn

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Lights (Polydor)

Beat The Devil’s Tattoo

(Southern Fried Records)

★★★★★ Winner of the asinine Brits Critics’ Choice award after releasing just one single, and hotly tipped by those scions of the music marketing industry whose sole job it is to tip hotly, Goulding seems assured of receiving her 15 minutes sooner rather than later.

However, unless there’s more to her than meets the ear here, she won’t make it to a half-hour. She’s got a decent enough voice, granted, but Lights all sounds drearily, forgettably familiar. WFJ

(Abstract Dragon)

★★★★★

It’s sort of admirable that they’re still plugging away in the face of disintegrating commercial interest and collapsing critical tolerance.

Less admirable, though, is the fact that San Francisco’s Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have somehow stretched a single idea – basically, wear black while frowning – across six albums. Worse: it’s not even a particularly good idea, and it’s certainly not theirs. The Everest of dull. WFJ

Tons Of Friends

★★★★★

Having made their name remixing other artists’ tunes, Milanese hip-house duo Crookers have put out their own studio LP. Called Tons Of Friends, it lives up to its name: Kid Cudi, Will.i.Am, Kelis and Roisin Murphy are just some of the artists whose vocals are backdropped by slices of Crookers’ inimitable fidget house. With 20 tracks it’s enough to try your patience, but a smattering of gems like Put Your Hands On Me makes it worthwhile. ALISON GRINTER

SOUNDS OF HOME

NEW ZEALAND

SOUTH AFRICA

NO.1 In My Head, Jason Derulo.

MAKING NEWS Cut Copy are currently working on their third album in Melbourne. The LP follows up their acclaimed 2008 effort In Ghost Colours and will be completed before the trio head off to Europe for festival dates this summer.

NO.1 If We Ever Meet Again, Timbaland feat Katy Perry.

MAKING NEWS Pioneering Dunedin band The Verlaines have announced a national tour to celebrate their 30-year career. The five-date tour will kick off in their hometown on March 13 and finish in Christchurch on March 27.

NO.1 Russian Roulette, Rihanna.

MAKING NEWS CheesySouth African pop star Kurt Darren will play a rare London show at The Clapham Grand on April 9. The Afrikaans/Englishspeaking artist is plugging LP Smiling Back At Me. Tickets are £25 from 0844 847 2438.

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LIVE REVIEW HOT CHIP Brixton Academy Feb 27 ★★★★★ Despite coming to the front of the stage for a few numbers, Hot Chip’s unassuming Alexis Taylor is still far from a conventional frontman. Content to hide behind his keyboard, he leaves most of the talking to guitarist Al Doyle.

But that hardly matters as his plaintive falsetto touches heart strings on the Motown-esque Hand Me Down Your Love. Steel drums enliven the soaring One Life Stand and Slush before the audience really comes alive for toughened-up dance floor anthems Over And Over and Ready For The Floor.

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enlisting a disparate array of guests – Lou Reed and Mos Def, Bobby Womack and Gruff Rhys – to give focus to his collection of spare, toetapping backing tracks.

There are stretches when the variety-show jumble of styles and singers works in its favour (Superfast Jellyfish, Stylo, Sweepstakes), and there are stretches when it’s a bit of a mess. Occasionally it sounds like Albarn’s recycling the grooves he found down the back of his sofa.

Still, there’s no one else who’d even try this, much less succeed at it. A lot of fun but what’ll he do next?

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GIG GUIDE MUSIC & CLUBS

Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK MUMFORD & SONS Confounding all expectations, London folk quartet Mumford & Sons upset the testosterone-rock apple cart to take the top spot of Triple J’s Hottest 100 poll this year with their lovely Little Lion Man, a song with a banjo in it, no less. Emerging from London’s underground folk scene in 2007, they have gone gangbusters on the mainstream with their debut album Sigh No More. Live they are extraordinary, and even look the part in their natty waistcoats and braces. Catch them at back-to-back shows in She Bu this week.

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» Shepherds Bush Empire, W11 8QE

Shepherd’s Bush (0844 477 2000; o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk). Mar 13. £18.50

STEREOPHONICS

PANDA BEAR

With their workmanlike approach to rock, the Stereophonics were never going to be the critics’ sweethearts, a fact underlined by the lukewarm response to their latest offering Keep Calm And Carry On. And yet the Welsh stalwarts boast an impressive arsenal of hits, which they will no doubt deploy at these massive gigs.

Not to be confused with Gold Panda (East London experimental producer) or Grizzly Bear (the Brooklyn experimental quartet), Panda Bear is the vehicle for Noah Lennox, founding member of Animal Collective (uber experimentalist New York outfit) who sound a lot like the Beach Boys. All straight with your experimental bears now?

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Embankment (020 7930 2020; heaven-london.com). Mar 11. £15.50

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THE LINE-UP Tim Crompton

(lead vocals, guitar), Alexia Hagen (keyboards, vocals), Stuart Peck (guitar, vocals).

HAILS FROM London.

THE BUZZ SO FAR Oft compared to My Bloody Valentine and Mercury Rev this trio offer up gorgeous pop dreamscapes that recall the halcyon days of ’90s shoegaze but with an American ’60s psych-rock twist. Their debut single Odds & Evens had the critics in raptures, and they supported Coldplay on their UK tour even though they originally turned them down – talk about confidence!

WHAT ELSE? The trio are named after Richard and Linda Thompson’s ultimate break-up song Walking On A Wire.

THE BAND SAY “We try to

make it heavy on record … it never comes across heavy – we are a lot heavier live.” (ameliasmagazine.com) THE CRITICS SAY ”Delirious shoegaze that will leave you so overwhelmingly happy you’ll be clueless as to how it happened.” (Artrocker)

THE PLUG Debut LP The Sleep Tape out March 8 on Grandpa Stan. BORANA GREKU

SOUND BITES Three Kiwi music websites have been shortlisted for best music site at the SXSW festival’s web awards to be held in Austin, Texas, this month. The official websites of Fat Freddys Drop (below), Splore and Shapeshifter will go head to head with websites for Echo & The Bunnymen and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the conference, which runs from March 12-16. The winner will be announced on March 14.

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MONDAY 8

MUSIC & CLUBS

Children Collide, Basking Sharks Rock from the

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Gilad Atzmon Israeli world-bop

Australian trio. Monto

reeds man. 606 Club, Lots Rd, SW10 0QD (020 7352 5953). £12.

Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £6.

Blood Red Shoes Grunge-tinged indie-rock from the Brighton duo.

Les Claypool Alt-rock musician performing songs from his album Of Fungi And Foe. Islington Academy,

Relentless Garage, Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777/ cc 0844 847 1678). £10.

N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £17.50.

Grizzly Bear, Beach House The melodic acoustic indie outfit from Brooklyn perform with orchestral backing.

Raul Midon Soulful pop vocalist. Cadogan Hall, Sloane Tce, SW1X 9DQ (020 7730 4500). £22.50.

Opus4 The outfit perform traditional Django Reinhardt Gypsy swing and traditional eastern tunes. Le QuecumBar, Battersea High St, SW11 3HX (020 7787 2227). £15, adv £12.

Paganfest Featuring performances from Finntroll, Eluveitie, Arkona and Varg. Islington Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £15.

Slayer, The Haunted Hardcore thrash metal from the California-based fourpiece. Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £27.50.

Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £18.50.

Heathen The five-piece from California play metal.

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FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH Hammersmith (0844 844 4748; ticketmaster.co.uk) May 16-17. £30 They may have chucked their TV series, but Bret and Jemaine are still very much a comedy duo.

See them play all their hilarious non-hits in May.

The 69 Eyes, Christian Death, Mandragora Scream Gothic rock and metal from the Helsinki-based five-piece. Islington Academy,

Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £7.50.

indie-pop five-piece. Hoxton Square Bar And Kitchen, Hoxton Sq, N1 6NU (020 7613 0709). £8.50.

Obituary, Persefone, Furnaze

Georgina Bromilow

Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £18.

Boisdale Of Belgravia, Eccleston St, SW1W 9LX (020 7730 6922). £12, £4.50 before 10pm.

The Florida-based five-piece plays death metal. Islington

Stereophonics The Welsh indie-rock band promote their album Keep Calm And Carry On. O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £33.21-£35.76.

Ronan Keating The Irish

singer performs songs from her album Colour Me Free. Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/cc 0844 477 2000). £19.50.

Memory Tapes Dayve Hawk’s ghostly synth-pop project. Cargo, Rivington St, Mumford & Sons London-based indie-folk outfit. Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £14.

Eric Ranzoni Blues Band

The Animals And Friends

Boisdale Of Belgravia, Eccleston St, SW1W 9LX (020 7730 6922). £12, £4.50 before 10pm.

John Steel and Mick Gallagher are joined by John E Williamson of Titanic and Peter Barton from Wayne Fontana’s Mindbenders to play pop and R’n’B. 100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £18, adv £17.50.

A Day To Remember Hardcore pop-punk from the American five-piece. Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £13.

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Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £30-£37.50.

Fastlane Roogalator, Swill Americana and country-rock from the London-based combo.

E2 9DR (020 8880 6100). £10.

James McCartney Poprock from the London-based singer-songwriter. Hoxton Square

George IV, Chiswick High Rd, W4 2DR (020 8566 4067). £10, adv £8.

Bobbi Humphrey, The Deep MO The flautist and singer

The Phenomenal Handclap Band Electronica and

Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £8, £6 before midnight, NUS £5, adv £4.50.

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singer and Boyzone member performs his hits. Royal Albert

Bar And Kitchen, Hoxton Sq, N1 6NU (020 7613 0709). £9, adv £8.

The London-based outfit play new wave pop. Islington

Joss Stone The pop and soul

The Kissaway Trail Danish

N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £13.

The Manchester-based vocalist sings the blues and plays the trumpet.

Kaputt, Fearless Vampire Killers, The Firm

EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440). £10.

General Fiasco, Black Box Revelation The Belfast-based trio play indie-rock. Islington

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The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £12.

The Frantastics Londonbased folk-rock and country trio. Bistrotheque, Wadeson St,

Piano-led blues outfit.

Stray Del Bromham’s hard rock trio. The Standard Music Venue, Blackhorse Ln, E17 6DS (020 8503 2523). £10.

Dani Wilde Band, Danny Giles Band Blues and soul from the singer and group. The Half Moon, Half Moon Ln, Herne Hill, SE24 9HU (020 7274 2733). £12, adv £10.

SUNDAY 14 Benyamin Persian pop from the Iranian singer. IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £39.

performs jazz and pop classics.

Little Fish Indie-rock from the duo. Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £16.

Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St, W1D 4HT (020 7439 0747). £20-£37.50.

Tommy Emmanuel, Frank Vignola Trio The

Noah And The Whale

veteran Australian guitarist performs folk-rock. Leicester

psychedelic disco from the New York-based collective.

Nitzer Ebb, Client, Mechanical Cabaret

Folk-pop outfit promoting their album The First Days Of Spring.

Square Theatre, Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX (0844 847 2475). £30.

Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440). £11.

Industrial and gothic electro from the London-based duo.

Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £17.50.

The Hollies Distinctive

The Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £20.

Potap & Nastya Kamenskikh

Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding

Richard Smith & Julie Adams The Nashville-based guitarist and cellist perform acoustic songs. The Green Note Cafe, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 7485 9899). £12.

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The Ukrainian duo perform hip-hop, rap and R’n’B.

vocal harmonies from Tony Hicks, Ray Stiles, Peter Howarth, Steve Lauri, Ian Parker and Bobby Elliott. London

American synth-based indie-rock band promoting their album Manners. Forum, Highgate Rd,

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £29-£79.

Palladium, Argyll St, W1F 7TF (020 7087 7599). £16.50-£38.50.

NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £16.

Rag Mama Rag The countryblues band perform on lap steel and harmonica. Brook’s

Chris Rea, Paul Casey

Ana Silvera Acoustic folk from the New York singer. Southbank

Blues Bar, The Telegraph, Telegraph Rd, SW15 3TU (020 8788 2011). £10.

Exlovers The London five-piece play indie-pop.

Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0871 663 2500). £10, concs £5.

The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, N1 9JB (020 7837 5371). £7.

Stereophonics See Wednesday.

the London-based combo.

Frightened Rabbit The Fat

Wembley Arena, Arena Sq, HA9 0DH (0870 060 0870). £39.75.

Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £6.

Cat-signed noir folk trio on an acoustic tour of their second album, The Midnight Organ Fight. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £12.50.

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Soft rock and blues from the Middlesbrough-born singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £30.

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FAST FORWARD John Butler Trio Hammersmith Apollo, Apr 14 (0844 844 4748). £21 Sarah Blasko Islington Academy, Apr 15 (0844 477 2000). £12.50 Arno Carstens Hard Rock Cafe, Mar 22 (ticketweb.co.uk). £20 Crowded House Hammersmith Apollo, Jun 8-9 (0844 844 4748). £44.75 Download Festival: AC/DC, Wolfmother Donnington Park, Jun 11-13 (0844 277 4321). £175 (weekend) Eskimo Joe Shepherds Bush Empire, May 17 (0844 477 2000). £17.50 Armin Van Buuren, FatBoy Slim South West Four, Aug 28-29 (0844 477 2000). £17.50 Grinspoon Forum, May 23 (0870 0603 777). £18 Abdullah Ibrahim Barbican, Mar 30 (020 7638 8891). £10-£27.50 Jack Johnson O2 Arena, Jun 30 (0844 856 0202). £30-£37 Kings Of Leon Hyde Park, Jun 30 (livenation.co.uk). £47.50 Muse Wembley Stadium, Sep 10-11 (0844 277 4321). £45 The Parlotones Electric Ballroom, Apr 8 (020 7485 9006). £10 Pendulum Wembley Arena, May 28 (0844 815 0815). £28 Powderfinger Brixton Academy, Apr 22 (0844 477 2000). £22.50 Sia Roundhouse, May 27 (0844 482 8008). £20

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK THE WHITE HOUSE 10TH BIRTHDAY This gem of a nightspot is celebrating 10 years of hedonism with a three-night bender thrown together with some of dance music’s finest names. Come watch God be a DJ as Maxi Jazz of Faithless fame hits the decks on Thursday night. The fun continues with a DJ set by Basement Jaxx (right) on Friday while The Freemasons play Saturday.

» The White House, Clapham Park Rd, SW4 7EH Clapham Common (020 7498 3388, thewhitehouselondon.co.uk). Thu, Mar 11, 10.30pm-3am, £5. Fri, Mar 12, 8pm-6am, £12. Sat, Mar 13, 8pm-6am, £12. Three-night passes £20 beats/breaks

funk/soul

drum ’n’ bass

electro

hip-hop

TOGETHER

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How can you not love someone who made Gloria Estefan’s Dr Beat sound cool? Scotsman Mylo is leading the line-up as Together, once a regular on London’s club scene, returns with a series of parties. Expect all sorts of shenanigans.

If you crave house music this night is made for you, with a tasty line-up that’s all about uplifting tunes and non-stop knees-ups. Sweat it up on the dance floor with a trifecta of DJs that’s a definite winner – Laidback Luke, John Dahlback and house supremo Chris Lake. Oooh yeah.

» The Coronet Theatre, 28 New Kent Rd, SE1 6TJ Elephant & Castle (020 7701 1500; coronet theatre.co.uk). Fri, Mar 12, 9pm-5am. £10 adv, £15 otd

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» Ministry of Sound, 103 Gaunt St, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010, ministryofsound.com). Sat, Mar 13. £15 adv

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rock/metal

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CLUB NEWS Ministry of Sound could face closure if plans by a property developer are approved. The developer, Oakmayne, wants to put up a residential building opposite the club, which could jeopardise the club’s entertainment licence.

Ministry of Sound CEO Lohan Presencer said: “When Oakmayne told us that ‘nightclubs come and go’, we were horrified … They do not have the best interests of the local community at heart.” To sign a petition, go to ministryofsound.com.

Following their November gig at Brixton Academy, Swedish House are coming back to London. Steve Angello,

Sebastian Ingrosso (above) and Axwell will be rocking out Brixton on May 28 and 29.

Fatboy Slim will headline Clapham Common’s SW4 festival in August. The DJ won’t be doing his annual Brighton gig this summer.

Jamie Beeden

We have a pair of VIP tickets to each night of The White House’s Birthday. We also have three pairs of tickets to Together to give away. To enter, email grabs@tntmagazine.com with ‘White House’ and preferred night or ‘Together’ in the subject line by noon, Wed, Mar 10.

hard house/trance

CLUB LISTINGS MONDAY 8 Anthem The residents play

Country Mondays Brazilian and samba night with residents DJs, plus a live Latin band.

Guanabara, Parker St, WC2B 5PW (020 7242 8600). 5pm-2.30am. £5.

Happy Monday Chill-out anthems courtesy of the residents. Thirst, Greek St, W1D 3DR (020 7437 1977).

5pm-3am. £3, concs available.

Popcorn Commercial dance, house, pop and R’n’B, plus a cinema and chill-out room. Heaven, Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). 11pm-6am. £8, £2 before midnight, w/wband free before 1am, NUS/mems free.

Carl Cox

play funk, soul and disco.

The Clapham Grand, St John’s Hill, SW11 1TT (020 7223 6523).

10pm-3am. £10, £5 before 11pm.

SHAKE IT! 29 Great Suffolk St, SE1 0NR Southwark (shakeitlondon.com).

Thu, Apr 1. From £15 Techno king Carl Cox heads up this warehouse party alongside Layo & Bushwacka! This one will sell out, so advance tickets are highly recommended.

Get booking folks!

Rehab DJs Val, Cheeky Pete

Some Night Starkey, Datsik, Rattus Rattus & Klose One, Beaty Heart and Bass Society spin electro and dubstep.

Donaldson, Satoko, Haley and The Demonettes play indie, pop and electro. The Roxy, Rathbone

The Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083).

10pm-3.30am. £7, £5 before 11pm.

Kama Resident DJs play R’n’B, old school classics and funky house. Sutra, High Rd, N20 0PT (020 8445 8080). 8pm-3am. £10, ladies free before 11pm.

Latin Fever Latin tracks from resident DJ Jorge.

Salsa!, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277). 7pm-2am. £10, £8 before 11pm, £4 before 9pm, £2 before 8pm.

Musiq Concrete Simon Baker, Alex Celler, Justin Robertson and David Bevan spin house, techno and electro. The Light Box, South Lambeth Pl, SW8 1SP (020 7434 1113). 10pm-6am. £12.

Trannyshack Miss Dusty O,

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Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10pm-3am. £6, w/flyer £3, free before midnight.

Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 7pm-2am. £6.

residents supply R’n’B and hiphop. Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 9pm-3am. £10, £5 before 11pm, guest list £3.

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Tiësto The Dutch electronic dance DJ and musician performs songs from his album Kaleidoscope. Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). 9pm-late. £32.50.

Replay Ivan Escura, Diego CK, Anto and Steve Nocerino play house. The

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Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M 3TJ (07951 624098). 7pm-late. £7, adv £5.

Big Night Out DJs David, Jim

Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083).

11pm-7am. £10, ladies £5.

G-A-Y Porn Idol The residents

and John play pop, indie, retro and rock. The Roxy, Rathbone Pl,

Toxic Tuesdays The residents supply funky house, R’n’B, hip-hop and chart anthems.

Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 9pm-3am. £5-£10.

supply pop and disco. Heaven, Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020).

11pm-4am. £7, w/flyer free.

Roller Disco Funk and disco for a wheeled audience.

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Renaissance Rooms, Arches, Miles St, SW8 1RZ (0844 736 5375).

8pm-midnight. £10, NUS £5.

Agita Brasil Latin and samba,

Sin Christian Audigier plays

plus dance classes before 10pm.

funky house, R’n’B and oldschool classics. Sutra, High Rd,

Fiesta Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 7pm-2am. £6.

St, W1D 4DR (020 7734 6308).

9pm-3am. £6, NUS £5, w/flyer £4.

Smartie Partie Tall Paul, Andy

(020 7274 5537). 8pm-4am. £10.

Manston, Clockwork Orange, Matty Wells, Danny Quattro, Filth Fanatics, Ramone, Chris Biscuit, Roland London, Jonnie Meyers, Ben Gold and Brett J spin house and dance. The Den

Twisted The residents supply

& Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 11pm-7am. £10.

W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 5pm3.30am. £9, NUS £5, £4 before 10.30pm, free before 8.30pm.

Calentito Pop, R’n’B and soul. Salvador And Amanda, Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551). 9pm-3am. £10, guest list £5, free before 9pm.

Deep Funk Keb Darge spins

N20 0PT (020 8445 8080). 8pm-3am. £10, ladies free before 11pm.

Urban Chic Resident DJs play R’n’B, hip-hop and funk.

Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 10pm-3am. £10.

Warped Night Resident DJs

funk, plus performances from jazz dancers and breakdancers.

Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

10pm-3am. £8, £6 before 11pm.

Cheap$kates Disco and hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall. Moonlighting, Greek

Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686). 10pm-6am. £15.

Motion, Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6PA (020 7389 9933).

8pm-late. £10, guest list £5, free before 10pm.

Boom Boom Club DJs Bioux and David H play 1950s swing and rock ’n’ roll, plus live burlesque and cabaret. The Bathhouse,

Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

7.30pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

Larry’s, King’s Rd, SW10 0TZ (020 7376 5555). 10pm-3am. £10, guest list £5 before midnight, guest list free before 11pm.

house and commercial dance.

Wicked Wednesdays The

Lost In London Party on the ground floor, electro-house in the basement and commercial R’n’B in the VIP room. Zoo Bar,

Perverted Audio House and electro. Matter, O2

and DJ Tattoo John play country, rock ’n’ roll, blues, punk and funk. Jamm, Brixton Rd, SW9 6LH

Tasty Tim and Lady Lloyd spin commercial dance and pop.

Festa Fiesta Latin and samba from the resident DJs, plus salsa classes before 10pm. Fiesta

Frolic DJ StevieF spins party, retro pop and cheese. Crazy

Outlaw Rev D Wayne Love

Pl, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098).

10pm-3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3, £1 before 10.30pm.

Glamorous The residents

Submit your free listing at least three weeks prior to the publication by emailing clubs@pressassociation.com.

Tickle Your Fancy Funky house, R’n’B and commercial dance from the residents.

Motion, Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6PA (020 7389 9933).

8pm-late. £10, guest list £5, free before 10pm.

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play indie, electro and dub.

Forro European, African and

Islington Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000).

9.30pm-late. £10, adv £6.

indigenous rhythms and dance plus live performances from Zeu Azevedo and Forrodaki.

SATURDAY 13 Blushed The residents spin R’n’B, old-school funky house and drum ’n’ bass. Raduno, Charterhouse St, EC1M 6HJ (020 7490 5790). 10pm-5am. £10.

Guanabara, Parker St, WC2B 5PW (020 7242 8600). 5pm-late. £5.

Groove Sanctuary AfricanLatin, electronica, funk, disco and deep house from DJ Jimbo (Raw Deal), Joey Vieira and guests. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 9.30pm3am. £5, free before 11pm.

Download This! DJs Redlight, Greenmoney, Roska, Seiji and Kobe 1 play house, funk and dubstep. Plan B, Brixton Rd, SW9 4AY (0870 116 5421).

9pm-5am. £10, adv/NUS £8.

Fabric Craig Richards,Agoria, Lindstrom, Andy Butler, Terry Francis and Lakuti supply house and electro. Fabric, Charterhouse St, EC1M 6HJ (020 7336 8898).

11pm-8am. £18, mems/NUS £14.

Muy Gupo Resident DJs spin current chart and indie.

Salvador And Amanda, Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551). 9pm-3am. £10, guest list £5, free before 9pm.

Roller Motion The residents play R’n’B, hip-hop, house and funk. Renaissance Rooms, Arches, Miles St, SW8 1RZ (0844 736 5375).

7pm-midnight. £11.50.

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rock anthems. Punk, Soho St, W1D 3DN (020 7734 4004).

8pm-late. £5, free before 11pm.

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NEWS IN REVIEW

The week that was MONDAY

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wrap up of last week’s events from australia, new zealand and south africa

The amount of employees sacked by text message at a Chinese-owned Citic Pacific mine at Cape Preston, in Western Australia.

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1bn

AUSTRALIA

The amount in dollars the NSW Government is expecting to generate through the sale of its lottery company.

Teen not charged Victoria Police command was investigating why a teenager who held a knife to the throat of a classmate was not charged.

The 13-year-old girl threatened another year seven girl with the knife in the grounds of a school near Geelong.

The incident emerged as the Victorian Government announced $1000 on-the-spot fines for people caught carrying weapons.

Cash retrieved Three people were arrested over the alleged theft of a Victorian

No baked beans: Shane Warne and an Indian student are served

by Victoria premier John Brumby during a picnic. Brumby and Warne hosted the picnic as a show of support for Australia’s 450,000-strong Indian community in the wake of a series of attacks.

migrant woman’s handbag containing up to $125,000 in cash, police said Police would not reveal how much of the money was retrieved. The woman was from a country where the banking system had collapsed.

November last year.

Lim and co-offender Chew Seng (Ah Sung) Liew were sentenced to maximum terms of 24 and 26 years respectively for the shooting murder of Dr Chang in 1991.

Chang killer deported

The parents of a young boy who fled a bully only to run into the path of a four-wheel drive consulted lawyers over possible legal action.

Blair Retallick, 8, was in intensive care after running from the bus in Townsville to escape a tormentor, who threatened to kill him.

One of two men convicted of the murder of Sydney heart surgeon Victor Chang was deported to Malaysia.

Phillip Choon Tee Lim’s release from custody came after months of legal applications and a public outcry after his 18-year minimum sentence expired in

Boy hit by 4WD

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The percentage rate to which the Reserve Bank raised official interest rates.

70m

The amount in dollars Australians are swindled out of by online scams.

120bn

The amount of money in dollars that Australians who invest their superannuation in retail funds could expect to lose in the next decade according to The Industry Super Network

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was second with 21 per cent.

Surprisingly, the dog that said “bugger” in a Toyota commercial came third with 15 per cent, ahead of Simpson’s Donkey (12 per cent), Matilda the Boxing Kangaroo (9 per cent) and the Dog on the Tucker Box (4 per cent). Eight per cent voted for Mr Percival from the book and film Storm Boy.

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Melbourne

15

Perth

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Sydney

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Skippy knocked out Matilda the Boxing Kangaroo, as well as Phar Lap and Fatso the Wombat to be voted Australia’s most iconic animal.

A total of 836 people responded to an online VetShopAustralia survey, with Skippy attracting the most votes – 29 per cent of votes.

Legendary racehorse Phar Lap

Health Minister Nicola Roxon

SUMMARY

■ Government announces landmark health reforms.

■ Higher taxes floated to pay for reforms.

■ Plans receive mixed welcome from experts.

A country Victorian footballer accused of killing a teammate with a punch during premiership celebrations maintained his innocence after being committed to stand trial.

Daniel Singleton, 29, of Highton, was charged with the manslaughter of teammate Nathan Alsop.

NORTHERN TERRITORY

unions claimed it would lead to job losses.

It still needs the support of the states and territories, which have yet to commit, while the opposition has also gone on the attack over the timing of the reforms.

Health Minister Nicola

Roxon was forced to concede the shake-up may end up costing taxpayers.

Asked if tax increases were on the cards, she replied: “It certainly means that there may be. We have to be able to fund the delivery of services into the future.

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Cancer patients revved up Cancer patients awaiting treatment were being forced out of their motel beds for V8 race car fans.

The Cancer Council SA owns and operates motels for cancer patients close to the Adelaide central business district, as well as providing transport to and from hospital for treatment.

But a 65-year-old man with terminal cancer, who has just months to live, was told by hospital and Cancer Council staff that no rooms would be available to patients during Adelaide’s round of the national V8 championships,

What’s happening across the country VICTORIA

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he Federal Government admitted taxpayers may be hit with higher taxes to pay for its landmark hospitals reform.

In a move described as the biggest reform since Medicare, the Rudd Government would snatch back $90 billion in GST revenue from the states to redirect to a new National Health and Hospital Network.

In return, the Commonwealth would fund 60 per cent of hospital services – up from 35 per cent – and take over full financial and policy responsibility for general practice and primary care.

Doctors and nurses gave it tentative approval, while

COAST TO COAST

the Clipsal 500, which runs from March 11-14.

The Cancer Council SA chief executive Brenda Wilson said said the only reason the hotel was open to Clipsal 500 fans was due to race road closures impeding patients’ transport to the hospital.

“Any disruption to normal bookings for our regional cancer and medical-related guests is limited to two days only, as there are fewer scheduled treatments on weekends,” Wilson said.

“Eighty-one per cent of the guests at Flinders Lodge at present are cancer-related.”

An independent review would examine how a man who was not a qualified doctor was able to treat up to 400 patients at Alice Springs Hospital.

Balaji Varatharaju, 29, was arrested after it was discovered he had been working as a general intern for about six months, but had never completed a medical degree.

NEW SOUTH WALES Global aerospace giant Boeing will shut its NSW site and shift its operations to Victoria. The decision was expected to affect about 350 jobs and was seen as another blow for the NSW Government.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

The Clipsal 500

After years of suspecting his wife had a sexual affair with South Australia’s premier, Richard Phillips said he “lost it” at a chance encounter with Mike Rann. Phillips pleaded guilty in court to assaulting the premier.

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Right-hand rule to go After 33 years of confusing drivers, the country’s irksome right-hand rule was set to be scrapped.

Currently if turning you must give way to all traffic not turning, and in all other situations, give way to traffic crossing or approaching from the right. That means a car turning right across the oncoming stream of traffic has precedence over the car turning left with the traffic behind it.

It was to be replaced by a simpler system under proposals announced by transport minister Steven Joyce in the Safer Journeys strategy.

Rugby rights decided New Zealand free-to-air broadcast rights for the 2011 Rugby World Cup were awarded to a consortium formed between Maori TV, TVNZ and TV3, World Cup organisers said.

Under the deal, New Zealanders will be able to watch live free-to-air broadcasts of 16 key matches including the final,

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The ranking of Auckland University according to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds World University rankings.

27m Israel visit: Foreign minister Murray McCully lays a wreath at the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial during his official visit to Jerusalem. The Yad Vashem Holocaust museum commemorates the six million Jews killed during World War II.

the third and fourth playoffs, both semi-finals, two quarterfinals featuring qualifiers from New Zealand’s pool, the All Blacks toll matches and the opening match.

All 48 tournament matches will be screened live by host broadcaster Sky TV.

The husband and young daughters of a New Zealand woman killed in the Haitian earthquake were farewelled in Nelson.

Emmanuel Rejouis and his daughters Kofie-Jade, 5, and three-year-old Zenzie were killed

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garden centre was evacuated while police contacted the bomb squad.

Inquiries led police to discover a fancy dress party had been staged nearby on the weekend.

“We spoke to some people who had been to the party and they said someone had gone as a terrorist wearing a fake bomb,” a police spokesman said.

when the hotel they were in collapsed during the magnitude 7 quake on January 13.

Rejouis’s Nelson-born wife Emily was at work when the quake hit.

Self-defence rejected A Taranaki woman lost her appeal against her murder conviction for killing her ex-partner after she drove 13km, at speeds of up to 120km/h, with him clinging to the bonnet before smashing head on into a four-wheel drive.

She claimed the jury in her trial was not allowed to consider self-defence.

The amount of dollars being injected by the Government over two years to reduce waiting times and meet the spiralling costs for equipment and services for disabled people.

39,319

The amount in dollars it cost last year to repair ministerial cars that were damaged.

55

The percentage of businesses that were looking to increase wages in line with inflation or higher according to a survey by accounting firm Grant Thornton.

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The number of people who died in family violence incidents in 2009.

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A man who went to a fancy dress party as a terrorist sparked a bomb scare.

Parents and children attending an after-school day care program at Guthrie Park in Havelock North came across what looked like sticks of explosives taped to a small board and contacted police.

The Hawke’s Bay Today reported cordons were set up and a nearby

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The age people will need to be before they can get their driver’s licence under proposed new rules.

Quake victims buried

Emmanuel Rejouis and his daughters Kofie-Jade and Zenzie

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McCann sighting

UPPER NORTH ISLAND Auckland house prices rose to their highest February average on record, while new listings reached a 23-month high at real estate company Barfoot & Thompson. The $521,323 average last month was up 3.2 per cent from January.

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Gerry McCann with a picture of his missing daughter Madeleine

shorts and an older boy.

Police identified the girl and her family, and she was not the missing British girl, acting Southern District commander Inspector Dave Campbell said.

Police would not name the family or give any further details about them.

“New Zealand police are mindful of the stress on the

McCann family from possible sightings of their daughter worldwide,” he said.

Dryfhout was working as a checkout operator when she saw a girl with blue eyes, blonde hair and a tiny frame enter the shop in December 2007.

“I was quite stricken by the wee girl who looked just like Madeleine McCann,” she said.

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SAS soldiers face real battle members of the SAS were fired upon by insurgents, and they returned fire.”

Key said some of the insurgents were wounded, but they had blown themselves up before they could be detained.

None of the SAS personnel involved was injured in the incident, which was in an area of residential hotels in Kabul rented by Indian Embassy workers and other foreigners.

French photographer Lionel de Coninck told TV3 he took photos of the New Zealand soldiers after a 90-minute battle inside a guesthouse.

LOWER NORTH ISLAND A pair of rubberneckers who put themselves and police at risk during the siege involving gunman Jan Molenaar in Napier last year were fined a total of $2500.

Shane Boyce, 23, and Chevelle Leese, 19, were charged with obstruction after ignoring police orders to take cover.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND A 19-year-old was hit with a $2368 damages fine for walking over the top of a car. The bill, on top of $16,000 worth of unpaid fines, was imposed on Michael Richard Stevenson at Christchurch District Court.

LOWER SOUTH ISLAND

Soldiers in Afghanistan

Shamed former Labour cabinet minister David Benson-Pope was returning to the public arena after three years out of the limelight. He will sit as an independent Dunedin City Council resource consent commissioner.

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■ Possible sighting of Madeleine McCann reported in 2008.

■ Police defend their response and say it wasn’t Madeleine.

■ Portugese dossier claims Dunedin footage showed girl “very like” Madeleine.

Special Air Services (SAS) troops first confirmed battle action in Afghanistan was observed by a French photographer who described them as operating quietly.

Prime Minister John Key confirmed up to 15 SAS troops were fired upon in an incident which left at least 16 people dead.

“Up to 15 SAS personnel accompanied an Afghan unit responding to an incident where a car bomb had been exploded and then a building occupied by insurgents,” Key said.

“During the incident, some

COAST TO COAST What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY

olice discounted a sighting of a girl in The Warehouse in Dunedin more than two years ago as missing British girl Madeleine McCann.

The apparent sighting by retail assistant Taryn Dryfhout, and by a security guard, in December 2007 sparked international interest.

CCTV footage showed a girl being led into a supermarket by a man in shorts, while another photo in Britain’s Daily Mail showed a young girl in The Warehouse accompanied by a man in

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ANC Youth League president Julius Malema blamed, what he called, “left-wing leaders who drink red wine”, for his recent woes.

Speaking in the Limpopo province at an event to celebrate his 29th birthday, Malema denied any wrongdoing and said he would not be silenced.

Malema came under fire in recent weeks for his involvement

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footy talk: President Jacob Zuma talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and England football team midfielder Steven Gerrard at 10 Downing Street in London. Zuma gives his assurance that South Africa is ready for the World Cup.

with a company that won lucrative Government contracts in Limpopo.

illegal dumping of medical waste was underway.

Clean-up begins

Soccer City in Johannesburg was finally handed over to the local municipality, less than 100 days before it will host the 2010 Fifa World Cup opener.

The 87,000 seat stadium took 10 million hours to construct and it was built on the grounds where Bafana Bafana qualified to take part in their first-ever World Cup. It was also the site of a mass rally held to celebrate former president Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in 1990.

The environmental affairs department has started the clean-up of illegal medical waste dumps in Welkom.

The department said the operation would last at least 30 days.

Tons of the medical waste, including hazardous substances, was earlier found at a site of a brick-making business, a nearby game farm and the local showgrounds.

An investigation into the

Soccer City opens

Percentage of respondents who believe climate change would alter the way they did business over the next two to three years, according to a Price WaterhouseCoopers business survey.

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The number of ratepayer organisations that refuse to pay tax, but keep the money in trust accounts instead.

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The number of schoolchildren found crammed into an unroadworthy 18-seater minibus taxi in Cape Town.

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The amount in rand it would cost if certain limits on the Road Accident Fund pay-outs were lifted. Judgment had been reserved in a High Court case over the matter.

The Government said the rights of children and women must be the primary consideration in the decision to launch a TV pornography channel.

Minister of women, children and persons with disabilities Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, said the right to human dignity of the most vulnerable group to abuse must be the primary consideration.

This followed the announcement by MultiChoice, the operator of DSTV, that it was considering the idea of launching a porn channel.

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■ Crime targets adjusted downwards by Government.

■ MPs express dismay at the adjustment.

■ Crime is blamed for low expectation in World Cup visitor numbers.

WESTERN CAPE Cape Town should brace itself for bigger storms dumping massive amounts of rain, as climate change takes hold, according to the city’s head of environmental policy Gregg Oelofse. He said global temperatures were expected to rise by up to 3 per cent, resulting in a rise in sea level.

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ustice minister Jeff Radebe said crime reduction targets would only be known next month.

That was once President Jacob Zuma had drawn up performance contracts with his ministers.

It added to the confusion over the matter, following a top treasury official’s recent statement to members of parliament that the targets for curbing violent crime had been adjusted downwards from between 7 to 10 per cent to 4 to 7 per cent.

MPs across the political spectrum expressed dismay earlier when treasury official

Justice minister Jeff Radebe

Rendani Randela said national police commissioner Bheki Cele adjusted the figures because police had been unable to reach the original target.

Crime was also blamed for a dramatic downward adjustments in the number of foreign visitors expected for the World Cup, despite

repeated attempts from the Government to convince the international community that fans would be safe.

Tens of thousands of new police officers had been recruited and trained ahead of the tournament, but it did not allay the fears of many, who opted to watch it from the safety of their own countries.

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Service delivery on agenda The Government has admitted it failed certain communities in service delivery.

Co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Sicelo Shiceka said the Government had been lethargic at most, and doing nothing in the worst cases.

Protests against service delivery had become a neardaily occurrence in South African cities and towns, often resulting in violence and destruction of property.

Shiceka said a multipronged intervention programme would be initiated to address the matter and end

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LACK OF COMPLIANCE At least 78 per cent of Gauteng’s municipalities had not complied with regulatory requirements.

Auditor-General Terence Nombembe said it had also been determined that 22 per cent of reported performance information supplied by municipalities was not reliable.

service delivery protests.

Shiceka said the Government wanted to change the state of affairs on a longterm and sustainable basis.

EASTERN CAPE Peak-hour traffic ground to a halt on Port Elizabeth’s busy Settlers Freeway when scores of traffic cops blocked it with their official vehicles in a pay protest. Police arrested more than 100 of the uniformed and armed municipal traffic cops.

KWAZULUNATAL A woman from Siberia, Russia, was in a serious condition after being bitten by a green mamba at Umdloti. The woman had been crossing the road near a shopping centre when a car ran over the snake, after which the reptile bit the woman twice.

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Protests have become a regular sight

A man drowned in a fish pond at Erasmus Kloof in Pretoria. His friends saw his belongings floating in the pond and police divers later found his body. He had been dead for several hours when police found him.

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Sporting life MONDAY

AFL The sooking over the change to free agency continues with Mick Malthouse saying it’s a return to the bad old days when clubs got stuck at the bottom of the ladder for years.

TUESDAY

CRICKET Former Australian prime minister John Howard gets the thumbs up from the Antipodean cricket boards to become the next ICC president. We smell trouble.

WEDNESDAY

CRICKET The Kiwis take an early lead in the Chappel Hadlee trophy with a two-wicket win over Australia. Scott Styris is the hero, smashing an unbeaten 49 off 35 deliveries.

THURSDAY

HOCKEY The Kookaburras set a new World Cup goal-scoring record when they smash South Africa 12-0. Luke Doerner scores four goals in the rampage.

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TENNIS Bernard Tomic makes a flawless Davis Cup debut when he crushes Taiwan’s Tsung-Hua Yang 6-2 6-1 6-1 to give Australia a 1-0 lead in the tie.

SATURDAY

CRICKET Luke Feldman takes four wickets to book Queensland a berth in the Sheffield Shield final against Victoria.

Feldman’s 4-62 earns the Bulls a 94-run win that crushes the Redbacks’ season.

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MONDAY FOOTBALL Wigan V Liverpool Premier League 8pm ESPN

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BOXING Australia’s Vic Darchinyan retains his WBA and WBC super flyweight boxing titles with a convincing, unanimous points win over Mexican Rodrigo Guerrero.

We are looking at guys “ranked 250 to 400 in the world possibly getting a gold jacket to play Davis Cup and that is scraping the barrel

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Lleyton Hewitt serves up what he thinks of the current state of Australian tennis.

THURSDAY BASKETBALL Oklahoma V New Orleans NBA action 1am ESPN FRIDAY CRICKET West Indies V Zimbabwe Fourth one-day international 1.30pm Sky Sports 3 SATURDAY RUGBY Ireland V Wales Six Nations 2pm BBC1 SUNDAY FOOTBALL Manchester Utd V Fulham Premier League Sky Sports 1, 1pm

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Green and Gold Man U fans What’s with all the green and gold appearing at Manchester United games?

It’s a protest against the Glazers, the club’s American owners who have a massive debt.

Why do the fans care?

They’re concerned about the future of the club and are worried

that the Glazers won’t invest properly in players.

What’s that got to do with green and gold?

They’re the colours of Newton Heath, which was the team Manchester United was born from in 1902.

Supporters want the club back to its roots and the Glazers out.

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All Black halfback Jimmy Cowan had his 28th birthday ruined when the Highlanders suffered a severe 33-0 mauling from the Stormers at Newlands in Cape Town.

To add salt to the wound, Cowan suffered a suspected broken finger as he reached, in vain, to ignite a Highlanders’ recovery and was forced from the field early in the second half.

The Highlanders had no answer to the power and control of the Stormers forward pack, who scored twice from mauls – one by

inspiring captain Schalk Burger after a rolling maul which rumbled 35m upfield with Burger in possession.

In all, the Stormers scored four unanswered tries to gain a bonus point and never looked in any danger of defeat.

Although dominating possession and territory in the early stages of the game, the Highlanders found themselves 16 points in arrears at half-time. Major problems at the lineout and a static approach by the backline hampered the Highlander’s progress, while the home-based Stormers showed a far more positive and adventurous approach.

ARU steps in to save Reds The Australian Rugby Union will step in to help right the near-broke Queensland Reds after the QRU board ceded its powers.

Queensland Rugby directors voted unanimously to accept an ARU proposal to assist the state union amid growing financial pressures.

A five-man special executive committee, to be chaired by ARU supremo John O’Neill and comprising representatives from both unions, will be established to run and review the business.

The SEC is expected to contain QRU chairman Rod McCall and chief executive Jim Carmichael who first appealed for financial assistance last month.

The ARU will also assist in the short-term by pre-paying scheduled grants.

“We are grateful that the ARU has been able to agree to our request for assistance and we look forward to working with them to put the ship back on an even keel,” McCall said.

The Reds have struggled on and off the field for several years and their move to Suncorp Stadium in 2006 has further drained its finances due to poor results, crowds and revenue.

Reds pull off stunning Chiefs upset Chiefs 18 L Masaga, S Sivivatu, A Taumalolo tries S Donald pen

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Master coach Ewen McKenzie has hailed the bold Reds’ stunning 23-18 Super 14 upset of the Chiefs as one of most incredible in the Queensland team’s history.

Down 15-0 after conceding three tries in the first 20 minutes, the injury-hit Reds rolled up their sleeves to outmuscle the Waikato pack and silence the Hamilton crowd.

The Reds’ victory ended a five-year drought against the Chiefs, last year’s Super 14 finalists,

who had come off a three-match unbeaten away trip to start the season.

With standouts Will Genia and Daniel Braid leading the way, the underdog Reds starved the dangerous Chiefs backline of possession, kept it tight and won the battle up front.

“I think it ranks as a pretty incredible win in Queensland rugby history to come back from that and in terms of injuries, who we were playing and the weather,” McKenzie said.

“We had a plan and once we got some possession after 15 minutes and started to use it we realised we had the right one”.

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Corey Flynn of the Crusaders fends off Kevin Mealamu of the Blues

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Daniel Braid THE REDS The Reds’ vicecaptain played a starring role, particularly with the boot, in an upset win over the Chiefs. Braid relished opposing his younger brother Luke and playing in front of 50 family members at Waikato Stadium.

THE TABLE Team Bulls Chiefs Stormers Hurricanes Crusaders Brumbies Reds Cheetahs Blues Waratahs Highlanders Sharks Lions Force

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BP 3 3 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 0

PTS 15 15 14 14 14 12 10 9 9 9 5 3 2 0

Crusaders soar Crusaders 33 G Whitelock, R Crotty, R Fruean tries; D Carter 4 pen, 3 con

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20 Blues A Mathewson try; S Brett 4 pen, 1 dropped goal

The Crusaders finally broke the shackles to beat the Blues 33-20 in a fiercely fought Super 14 rugby match in Christchurch.

A match that was dominated by the boot and watertight defences for the first three quarters was broken open by tries to Crusaders midfielders Ryan Crotty and Robbie Fruean, while Daniel Carter delivered a goalkicking master class to Brumbies 24 C Lealiifano, S Moore tries; M Giteau 3 cons 1 pen

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13 Lions H Franklin try; B Kenvin Francis 1 con 2 pens

Brumbies flyhalf Matt Giteau said his side needed to improve their execution after coming away with a win but failing to earn a vital bonus point.

The Brumbies made a victorious return to Canberra Stadium in their first home game of the 2010 Super 14 season, downing the Johannesburg Lions 24-13.

It was the Brumbies’ second win on the trot.

Cheetahs 28 K Floors try; M Bosman 4 pen, N Olivier 3 pen, con

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12 Hurricanes D Smith, C Jane tries; W Ripia con

The Hurricanes crashed to a shock loss against the lowly Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.

It was the Hurricanes’ first defeat in four matches of this year’s competition.

The power of the Cheetahs scrum and mauling forced the Hurricanes into a wealth of infringements, with the visitors’ goal posts being peppered with successful penalty attempts.

give the hosts a flattering margin.

The Crusaders’ third victory out of four should confirm their place in the top four while the Blues’ second loss will see them remain in the middle of the table.

The match was dominated by aggressive defence and both sides generally resorted to kicking for territory throughout a tight first half, which ended with the Crusaders 16-15 up.

Carter and Blues opposite Stephen Brett dominated the scoring through their boots.

Waratahs 25 D Halangahu, T Polota-Nau, T Carter tries; B Barnes 2 cons 2 pens

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21 Sharks A Jacobs, R Kankowski tries; A Goode 1 con; Goode, R Pienaar pens drop goal

The NSW Waratahs held on for dear life to post a potentially season-saving 25-21 victory over the Sharks at the Sydney Football Stadium.

Playing their first home match of 2010 after a draining fortnight in South Africa, the Waratahs spent most of the final quarter camped inside their own half.

The Sharks argued they were unfairly denied a match-winning penalty try three minutes from fulltime when NSW replacement fullback Kurtley Beale was yellow-carded for deliberately knocking down a pass from his Sharks counterpart Stefan Terblanche.

NSW coach Chris Hickey felt Beale was attempting an intercept but, either way, had he not intervened and had Terblanche found his supporting winger, it would have been lights out for the Tahs.

Instead, the Waratahs opened their home campaign in winning, if lacklustre, fashion.

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Milligan on fire Mark Milligan’s first international goal was all Australia had to show for 90 minutes of domination against Indonesia but it still brought the desired reward at Suncorp Stadium.

The Socceroos’ 1-0 victory in their final Asian Cup qualifier on Wednesday night ensured a safe passage into the 2011 tournament in Qatar.

Requiring only a draw to ensure a second Asian Cup campaign, a determined

Milligan sealed the Socceroos’ place in the 42nd minute with a scrambling goal from a Luke Wilkshire free kick.

One of only three foreignbased players in the mostly A-League squad, 2006 World Cup member Milligan had some luck on his side but Australia deserved to win by more as they had 22 shots at goal to the visitors’ three.

The Japan-based former Sydney FC defender shouldered Wilkshire’s cross

on to the crossbar before swivelling on a tight angle to hammer the ball into goalkeeper Markus Harison Rihihina, with it deflecting into the net.

It brought the 20,422-strong crowd to their feet.

“I don’t mind how it comes, it’s my first goal for the national team,” Milligan told ABC Radio.

“I was lucky it fell nicely for me off the cross bar, it doesn’t happen often.”

All Whites humbled by Mexico

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Mexicans, who at No.15 are ranked 65 places higher, took their foot off the pedal.

New Zealand coach Rick Herbert said he was pleased with how his team had gone, especially the new defensive unit he put out after the unavailability of influential skipper Ryan Nelsen through injury and veteran Ivan Vicelich through suspension.

“We came here with no real expectations and the players have done exceptionally well,” Herbert said.

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Oar fires in dream debut Pim Verbeek will keep Socceroos revelation Tommy Oar under his microscope in Holland as he sizes up the “pure talent” for World Cup selection.

Teenage sensation Oar stole the show in his international debut at Suncorp Stadium and is now firmly in contention for Australia’s 23-man squad for South Africa.

Despite only being 18, the speedy Brisbane Roar winger showed he could be Verbeek’s X-factor as an attacking substitute for their World Cup campaign.

The Dutch coach quickly attempted to play down the hype of Oar being “the next Harry Kewell”.

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The All Whites got a taste of what to expect at the soccer World Cup in June after falling to a 2-0 defeat to Mexico in a friendly international in Pasadena in California.

After a scoreless first half, Mexico, who are also bound for South Africa, shifted up a gear during a decisive 15-minute period early in the second spell.

The damage was done by two subsitutues, with Javier Hernandez and Carlos Vela grabbing the goals, before the

South Africa were held to a one-all draw against northern neighbors Namibia at Durban.

On a day for celebration, with the World Cup only 100 days away, as well as the official opening of the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, Bafana Bafana could only muster a single goal in a match on paper they should have won.

A cagey start saw Namibia show themselves to be an organised and disciplined unit, with most offensive endeavor falling to Wilko Risser and Rudy Bester.

For South Africa, Katlego Mphela looked dangerous, while Siphiwe Tshabalala also was active down the left.

It took until the second half before the team could equalise, when Mphela blasted home a right wing cross from an impressive Bryce Moon.

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Tiger Woods’ long-time New Zealand caddie insisted he knew nothing about the string of affairs that derailed the career of the world’s top-ranked golfer.

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Caddie Steve Williams knew nothing of Tiger Woods’ affairs

seemingly didn’t extend to Woods’ after-hour activities.

“If the shoe was on someone else, I would say the same thing. It would be very difficult as a caddie not to

know but I’m 100 per cent telling you, I did not know, and that’s that,” he said.

“If I had known something was going on, the whistle would have been blown.”

St Kilda and the Bulldogs will meet in the final of the NAB Cup after the Saints thrashed Fremantle by 70 points.

The collapse of a section of roof during a heavy storm that lashed Melbourne in the afternoon forced the match to be delayed by 20 minutes while an inspection was carried out on public areas.

Supporters were locked out until just before the game began and were confined to the ground level when finally let in.

The delay had no impact on the Saints, who began with a goal inside the first minute and strolled to a commanding 2.15.7 (115) to 2.3.9 (45) win, while the Dockers played like they had hoped the storm would wash the game out.

The Bulldogs just got past a determined Port Adelaide 1.11.17 (92) to 1.12.8 (89).

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Steve Williams said he was oblivious to Woods’ string of extra-marital affairs and was bitter at the subsequent reaction towards him.

“It’s been the most difficult time of my life, no two ways about it, because every single person believed that I should know or did know or had something to do with it,” Williams told TV3’s 60 Minutes programme.

“I knew nothing, that’s my answer. I don’t have to clarify or extend that answer, I knew nothing.”

Williams has been Woods’ caddie for 11 years and admitted the pair had formed a tight friendship but that

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Daniel Vettori made 70 in the Black Caps’ loss to Australia in Auckland

Black Caps falter Daniel Vettori ignored his team’s disastrous start and compiled a lightning 70 but it was not enough to secure New Zealand victory in the second one-day international in Auckland.

Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson brought pain and the weather delivered rain to cut

short the Black Caps’ reduced run chase at Eden Park.

The visitors posted 7-273 but showers in Auckland saw the Black Caps’ target reduced to 266 from 45 overs, a total that looked to be too great until the skipper came to the crease.

Vettori played a typically impressive captain’s knock and

stepped up the pace and brought the deficit down to a run a ball with 27 needed and one wicket in hand.

He was the last man to fall, but Harris beat his bat and dislodged the bails in the beginning of the 43rd over, with New Zealand falling 13 runs short.

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Stone gets tick of approval Former Newcastle coach Michael Hagan has thrown his support behind Knights mentor Rick Stone and backed him to get the NRL team back on track after it was engulfed in another drugs scandal.

Stone’s pre-season preparations were thrown into turmoil after key forward Chris Houston was charged with three counts of supplying ecstasy and one count of supplying cocaine.

Houston’s arrest follows the bailing in December of his former flatmate Danny Wicks, who is awaiting trial for eight drug-related charges.

Wicks and Houston have both quit the club, leaving

Australia’s hopes of regaining a Davis Cup World Group spot brightened with a comprehensive win over Taiwan and news that Lleyton Hewitt could return for the next tie. Australia completed a rare 5-0 whitewash in Melbourne.

Teenager Bernard Tomic won the final rubber, beating Hsin-Han Lee in three sets – 6-7 (4-7) 6-0 6-3 after Peter Luczak had taken Australia to a 4-0 lead when he cruised past Tsung-Hua Yang 6-3 6-3 in the first reverse singles. The Australians had wrapped up the tie after they took an unbeatable 3-0 lead when Paul Hanley and Carsten Ball won their doubles.

SKIPPER ON MEND Skipper Simon Mannering was confident he would be fit to take the field when the New Zealand Warriors opened their NRL season this week. A hamstring injury six weeks ago meant Mannering missed the Warriors’ three trial matches, which had brought wins over the Sydney Roosters and North Queensland and a draw with Manly. However, the second rower expected to be able to lead the side come the round one fixture away to Gold Coast.

Webb clinches title

Knights coach Rick Stone and captain Kurt Gidley look to get their club back on track

rookie coach Stone, who has only five NRL games under his belt, with a massive job ahead of his first full season.

Hagan, who brought Stone to the club as an assistant five

years ago, said he had sympathy for his close friend, but had no doubts that he was strong enough to get his players fully focused for their first game.

Karrie Webb waltzed away with her seventh ANZ Ladies Masters title at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast. The 35-yearold former world No.1 closed out the challengers with a stunning final-round 11-under-par 61 – including a 10-metre birdie putt on her last hole. Fellow Queenslander Katherine Hull finished equal second on 20-under along with impressive Korean Bo-Mee Lee, who both closed with six-under 66s.

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DYNASTY? With the NRL season about to kick off, do the Melbourne Storm have another title in them?

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BRONCOS Overview: The Broncos last missed the finals in 1991; though vulnerable, they should be able to grind out enough wins to preserve that streak.

The key man: Darren Lockyer – he’s nearly 33, but he’s still the man who drives Brisbane.

Prediction: Eighth.

BULLDOGS Overview: Came up just short last year and will be desperate for another crack. Everyone loves to hate them, but they’re tough as old boots.

The key man: Brett Kimmorley – when Noddy got injured last year, the Bulldogs unravelled.

Prediction: Runners-up.

COWBOYS Overview: Have added wayward big man Willie Mason to an exciting mix of talent. Need to deliver greater consistency to play finals.

The key man: Johnathan Thurston – when the Cowboys are on song, it’s usually because of JT. Prediction: Tenth.

Can the competition weather the Cameron Smith-led Storm?

DRAGONS Overview: Were the best team for much of last year – will the revolution under Wayne Bennett continue or are they too short match-winners?

The key man: Jamie Soward – the Dragons’ most creative player, reborn under Bennett.

Prediction: Fifth.

KNIGHTS Overview: One of the league’s yo-yo sides returned to the finals last year, but might struggle to hold ground if sides below them improve.

The key man: Matt Gidley – the league’s standout utility pulls the strings for Newcastle.

Prediction: Thirteenth.

EELS Overview: Will be hoping to start the season the way they finished the last and, certainly, at times in 2009 they looked every inch a premiership side.

The key man: Jarryd Hayne – hailed as the league’s top dog, but disappointed in the decider.

Prediction: Third.

PANTHERS Overview: Rebuilding after claiming the wooden spoon in 2007, but look set to tread water in mid-table for at least another year.

The key man: Frank Pritchard – the big Kiwi forward is dangerous with ball in-hand.

Prediction: Eleventh.

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This cat’s got claws: Tigers playmaker Benji Marshall

RABBITOHS Overview: Bunnies fans are as optimistic as ever, but they may struggle against the top sides.

The key man: Sam Burgess – Russell Crowe has lured one of the world’s best forwards to Redfern.

Prediction: Seventh.

RAIDERS Overview: Up and down for the past six seasons – they have some firepower, but have struggled recently to produce even performances.

The key man: Terry Campese – the five-eight has emerged as one of the competition’s most exciting players.

Prediction: Twelfth.

ROOSTERS Overview: Last year’s wooden spooners will be boosted by Jason Ryles’ arrival, but are still too short on quality to challenge for finals.

The key man: Braith Anasta – can play lock or five-eight and will need to have a big year.

Prediction: Fourteenth.

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SEA EAGLES Overview: Have had plenty of success in recent years, but the loss of workhorse halfback Matt Orford could see the Silvertails slide.

The key man: Brett Stewart – sexual assault charges aside, Stewart remains a try-machine.

Prediction: Ninth.

SHARKS Overview: Coach Ricky Stuart will have his work cut out dragging the Sharks up the ladder; they simply don’t look to have the cattle.

The key man: Anthony Tupou – hard to stop, the lock will need to step up if the Sharks are

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going to improve on last year’s second-last spot.

Prediction: Wooden spoon.

STORM Overview: Are they too old? Have they lost too many players? If the Storm can continue their golden run, it will be one of the year’s big stories.

The key man: Greg Inglis – a match-winner; if he fires, the Storm are a chance against anyone.

Prediction: Premiers.

TIGERS Overview: A spectacular young side has been bolstered by Lote Tuqiri, but they need to produce their best football more regularly.

The key man: Benji Marshall – the Kiwi pivot is the Tiger who worries even the best teams.

Prediction: Sixth.

MAROONS TO SMASH BLUES The NRL season won’t be too far in before, inevitably, talk starts to turn to this year’s State of Origin series.

Certainly, when you run an eye over the players eligible for Queensland, and compare it to the blokes available to the Blues, it’s hard to see how New South Wales can prevent the Cane Toads from taking out a fifth Origin series on the trot.

Origin One is scheduled for May 26, Origin Two for June 16 and Origin Three for July 7.

TITANS Overview: Made finals for the first time last year and will be better for the experience.

The key man: Scott Prince – the halfback has starred since heading north and is again the key.

Prediction: Fourth.

WARRIORS Overview: Last season was a major disappointment after the Kiwi World Cup win, and the Warriors may have missed their moment.

The key man: Lance Hohaia – the Huntly Hurricane can play anywhere and is a star.

Prediction: Fifteenth.

Gold Coast royalty: Titan Scott Prince is eager to wear the crown of success

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bartender, then was asked to help a friend manage his club – and the rest is history.

What do you do day-to-day?

On Wednesdays, I DJ my own night ‘Stereo Nights’, and on the weekend entertain guests and make sure that tables and parties are enjoying themselves.

During the week it’s not quite as fun: stock control, orders, promotions and marketing.

What’s the best part of your job?

ON THE JOB SHAE MUTU Career Nightclub Manager of Aquum/DJ Age 22 Lives Clapham From Auckland, New Zealand How did you get into your line of work?

Completely by chance! I was on the Gold Coast looking for a job, and was recommended to a bar where I was given a job. After that I got the chance to work in a nightclub as a flair

There’s always something around the corner waiting to surprise you. The great thing about Aquum is the local people that go there, who give the place a good atmosphere.

What’s the most challenging part of your job?

Keeping together a tight family of staff with a smile on their faces. It’s easier in smaller places because staff turnover isn’t as high, but where we have 40-plus there’s always new people coming in and out.

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Is teaching seasonal?

When is the best time of year to look for long-term or permanent work?

The UK school year runs from September to July. This period is broken up into three terms, with each term enjoying holiday breaks. So you’ll get 13 weeks’ holiday a year.

The main recruitment

periods are normally for the start of each term. The typical teaching year begins with the autumn term (September to December). Spring term runs January to Easter and the summer term is April to July.

Schools need new teachers at the start of these terms.

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Dissatisfaction over job losses, salary freezes and slashed or axed bonuses has eroded loyalty, according to employment experts.

As big projects such as the national broadband network gain traction, there are fears of a skills shortage.

Executive search specialist Debra Kwasnicki said retention

will be a critical issue. “In my 15 years of recruiting I’ve never known a time where there’s been so many unhappy people in jobs,” she said.

“An awful lot of people are saying ‘as soon as the market picks up I’m out of here.’ It will get back to how good an employer you are.”

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Two-thirds of UK graduates think teaching is a dead-end job. It is also considered poorly paid, with 80 per cent of finalyear students underestimating the starting salary, a survey by the Training and Development Agency found.

Workers received the smallest average pay rise in a decade last year as a result of the Fair Pay Commission’s decision to freeze minimum wages. The rate of wage growth dived from 3.6 per cent to 2.9 per cent in the December quarter.

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Living your life in the red ne in 10 people are permanently overdrawn, not even getting back into the black when they receive their salary each month, according to recent research.

About 10 per cent of people are always in the red, while a further 12 per cent use their overdraft at least five times a

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may be that more people will fall back into this position as living costs increase.’’

Separate research showed banks are increasing the rates they charge on overdrafts.

The average interest rate for authorised borrowing has climbed to 15.32 per cent from 13.85 per cent.

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Council tax is set to rise by an average of only 1.6 per cent this year. Local authorities will impose the lowest increase since 1993 at the expense of jobs and services. In the past year councils have shed tens of thousands of posts but almost all have set tax rises of less than 3 per cent.

Energy companies are making £105 annual profit from each customer, leading to claims they “cashed in” on the cold winter. Profits increased 40 per cent over the past three months, according to Ofgem, the industry regulator, the highest level since 2004, when records began.

How do you budget in London?

I haven’t really worked that one out yet! I’m living life day-to-day and enjoying every moment.

Week-to-week, what do you spend your cash on?

Food, red wine, music and entertainment are all high on the list right now.

Do you have any unusual, one-off blow-outs?

Let’s just say if you need to save money, don’t go on a boys’ trip to Latvia as you might come back with a few grand less than you had to start with – and fewer clothes! If you see a homeless man with a nice new coat, can you ask him to send it back please?

I don’t know why I gave it to him.

THE BIG DADDY OF RETAIL Wal-Mart is the world’s largest private employer and the largest public company in terms of revenue.

Here’s what you don’t know about Wal-Mart… » Sam Walton, an Arkansas » A poll indicated that, in the businessman, opened the first Wal-Mart in 1962. Last year, revenue topped US$400bn. » Wal-Mart created its own electric company in Texas, allowing it to supply its stores with cheap power purchased at wholesale prices.

2004 US presidential election, 76 per cent of voters who shopped at Wal-Mart once a week voted for George Bush. » Wal-Mart also operates stores in Mexico, Japan and India. In the UK, it trades as Asda. Now you know.

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For AFL coverage, Sky is unnecessary. It’s televised on ESPN, which is available on its own, without going the whole hog and getting a Sky package for £50 a month (even more for digital).

For coverage of the NRL, though, Sky is a must. That said, there are different ways to package the service, and there are savings to be had by bundling a subscription with a home phone and internet connection.

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Hostels Expect to pay at least £10-£25 a night.

Sharing You can share a room for about £50 a week, while a room to yourself will start at around £80 a week.

Going it alone A bedsit or studio is at least £150 a week.

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Bond This is usually a month’s rent. You may also have to pay one month’s rent in advance.

Leases You may need to sign a lease, which will typically run for six or 12 months.

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Also, if I wanted to renew my ancestry visa would I need to return to Australia to do so?

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Opting to extend your current visa would certainly be a lot cheaper than flying home to Australia to apply for a Tier 5 (YMS) visa (the working holiday visa replacement).

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you want, though it’s usual to give a month’s notice and help find someone to move in.

Pay and cancel your bills

Namely council tax, internet, phone, gas, electricity, TV, gym membership, insurance.

Settle overdrafts and credit cards Any defaults on bank

payments will be filed with a credit reference agency (making it difficult for you to set up an account or rent a flat if you return), or you could receive a County Court Judgement.

EMPLOYMENT Getting a job doesn’t have to be an impossible task. Register with a couple of agencies, the cream of which advertise in TNT and at tntjobs.co.uk.

Most recruitment agencies handle specific sectors: IT, banking, finance, secretarial, legal, medical and teaching are the broad categories.

Make an appointment to see a consultant, and take your passport, CV and references with you. Some agencies will help you open a bank account.

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Some NI contributions go into a State Second Pension (S2P). You can contract out of this and direct the money into a private pension fund instead.

You’ll need to do this before the end of the tax year or your contributions will be lost.

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Give notice on your flat

Check the conditions of your Tenancy Agreement. If you want to leave before your lease is up you may be liable to pay until new tenants are found. If you’re living in a sharehouse and haven’t signed a contract, you can move out whenever

The UK tax year begins on April 6, and if you work only part of the tax year you should get some tax back.

The tax threshold is £6475 per year – so if you earn less than this, you won’t pay any tax. You’ll need a P45 (when you leave a job) and a P60 (at the end of the tax year).

If you’re leaving the UK and won’t work again before the end of the tax year, you can claim a rebate by filling in a P85.

SHIPPING Get plenty of quotes, checking sizes and whether customs and tax charges are covered.

For sea freight (which should take no longer than 12 weeks to arrive) you’ll pay about £80£150 for your first box – less for suitcases – and £30-£90 for additional boxes.

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specialists, and overland operators, all under one roof.

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After that, you’ll no doubt want to brush up on your Italian, French or Spanish at one of our language taster workshops.

So, take a look around the show, chat to the exhibitors and be inspired by the talks and photographs.

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The draw for the winner of the prize will take place at the TNT Magazine stand at 5pm.

LISTEN TO INSPIRING TRAVEL TALKS Get handy tips for planning your summer travel or lap up a bit of inspiration at our popular talks programme. With a new speaker every half hour, you’ll be spoilt for choice. Seats fill up quickly, so get there early if you don’t want to miss out.

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ADMIRE THE PHOTOS ON SHOW Marvel at the images from the TNT Love Britain competition and find out why you should spend some quality time exploring the UK. The winners of the competition will be announced just before the Visit Britain talk at 12.30pm in Room 2.

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WHERE: Charity Auction stand.

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WHERE IN THE WORLD? London, Paris, New York, Rome … Where in the world is your favourite destination?

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WHERE: Show bar.

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SHOP AT THE TNT MARKET This exciting new addition to the Travel Show is sure to be a winner with those who love to shop. Come along and find a wide selection of irresistible and useful products on offer, which have been tried and tested by travellers themselves.

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SEBASTIAN TERRY, INDEPENDENT TRAVELLER

ERIKA LJUNGDAHL, BUSABOUT

From staying with Brahmin families, to meeting the men who hand-paint the artwork on India’s legendary trucks, Jeremy Smith shares his secrets about discovering the real India and how to avoid the well-trodden backpacker trails.

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After writing down 100 things he’d always dreamed of doing, Sebastian Terry set off to complete them all. He used his trip to raise money for charity and now wants to encourage others to follow their dreams.

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Hit the famous sights and immerse yourself in the continent’s cultures and cities without having to call home for a loan. This talk is full of cheapskate tips and low-cost travel options – a must for those who are heading to Europe on a budget.

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FORGOTTEN EASTERN EUROPE

TRANS-SIBERIAN AND BEYOND

CRAIG MITCHELL, EASTERN TREKKER

ROWENA HOWIE, VODKATRAIN

SAMEH NAZEEH, EGYPTOLOGIST, ON THE GO TOURS

Eastern Trekker’s Craig Mitchell will introduce you to the charms of Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic, as well as the less well-known, but affordable delights of Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Estonia.

Take an alternative route between Down Under and Europe by travelling overland on the iconic Trans-Siberian Railway, or along the fabled Silk Road. Discover why this fantastic part of the world should be on your must-travel list for 2010.

If you want to experience the magic of Egypt, don’t miss this opportunity to hear Sameh Nazeeh – a qualified Egypotolgist – tell you about this beautiful land.

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PETER MOORE, TRAVEL WRITER

SALLY ROBINSON, INTERNATIONAL TEFL TRAINING

Italy is one of the world’s most popular destinations, and may never be a budget break, but with travel tips from author Peter Moore, you’ll be able to make your hard-earned cash go further in Bel Paese (the beautiful country).

Opportunities await those looking to work on a paid or voluntary basis overseas. This includes teaching English to children, teenagers or adults. With a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) qualification, the options are endless.

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TRAVIS PITTMAN, BUGBITTEN.COM

Are you confused about the UK Border Agency’s new Points Based System (PBS) for visas to work and live in Britain? Here’s your chance to hear some important information. Bring your questions about visas and we’ll answer them.

Whether it’s finding your perfect tour or planning your next weekend getaway, bugbitten.com’s founder Travis Pittman will guide you through the websites he’s found the most useful in his eight years of travelling and working in Europe.

SHILA SULTANA AND HAYLEY MADDEN, TNT MAGAZINE, AND JUSTIN REID, VISIT BRITAIN

1.30pm FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE – HOW TO BE SAFE, SAVVY AND SURE ABROAD FRANCES LINZEE GORDON, TRAVEL JOURNALIST Travel journalist Frances Linzee Gordon will give her top tips for safe, independent travel, using anecdotes and images.

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MARK KALCH, TRAVEL WRITER

DANIEL LANDON AND JANINE KELSO, TNT MAGAZINE

Professional adventurer Mark Kalch recounts his most recent exciting journey: 60 days, 1700km, alone and on foot across Iran. Starting at the Caspian Sea, Kalch crossed the Alborz Mountains, continuing on to the Persian Gulf.

TNT Magazine’s editor Daniel Landon and travel editor Janine Kelso talk about how to turn your stories from your time on the road into cash. Chat to other members of the TNT team at the TNT Magazine stand.

Love Britain finalist: Cromer pier, David Meredith

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Listen to enigmatic and well-travelled Roy Myhill, UK general manager of Gecko’s, Imaginative Traveller and Peregrine, who talks you through the many different styles of tours on offer.

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1st Contact Absolute Africa Acacia Adventure Holidays 62 Adrenaline-Check Slovenia 27 Anderson Tours 74 Anglo Pacific 34 Backpax Publications 22A Bross Holidays 14C Bugbitten.com 46 Busabout 49 Contiki Holidays 11 Dublin’s Best Hostels 5 Do The North 31 Dragoman 47 Eastern Trekker 24 & 38 Eurolines 25 Europe’s Famous Hostels 8 Excess Baggage 57 Expat Explore 28 Fanatics 36B Fez Travel 9A First Festival Travel 17 Gecko’s Adventures 6A GoBus 37 Haggis Adventures 42 Hostelling International

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ANGLO PACIFIC

to-door convenience, security, and awesome social

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life, Busabout allows you to make the most of your

1st Contact is an expert financial services and

Anglo Pacific is the UK’s largest

budget and time. Busabout adventures cover sailing

immigration group, which offers a refreshing

independent international excess

in Croatia, Greek island-hopping, and travelling to

approach to financial and migration solutions. It is

baggage and removals company, handling 20,000

Egypt, Spain, Italy, and the top European festivals.

their responsibility to connect forward-thinking

individual shipments annually. As leaders in the

individuals to untapped financial opportunities in the

market of shipping to Australia, New Zealand,

UK. 1st Contact gives you the opportunity to pursue

North America, South Africa and the Far East, it has

P: 0845 026 7576 E: info@busabout.com W: busabout.com

your career and travel aspirations with confidence.

offered friendly, professional, efficient service for the

P: 0800 039 3081 E: money@1stcontact.com W: 1stcontact.com

past 25 years. Anglo Pacific continues to provide a

CONTIKI HOLIDAYS

competitive solution for the discerning traveller, with

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a range of quality forwarding services tailored to suit

Contiki offers holidays for 18-35-year-olds, with

your budget and travel plans.

destinations encompassing the best of Europe, USA,

P: 020 8965 1234 E: info@anglopacific.co.uk W: anglopacific.co.uk

Canada, Bali and New Zealand. Showcasing a variety

ABSOLUTE AFRICA Stand 55 Absolute Africa have been

of tours, ranging from three to 46 days, Contiki gives you the freedom to see and do what you want, while sharing the experience with fellow adventurers.

offering high-quality, affordable Africa adventure safaris for more than 30 years, and attract travellers

BACKPAX PUBLICATIONS

rather than tourists. Everybody on tour gets involved

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with the day-to-day running of the safaris and the

Backpax is a free magazine for

aim is to give you the trip of a lifetime.

backpackers in the UK. It also

P: 020 8742 0226 E: absaf@absoluteafrica.com W: absoluteafrica.com

has a section for those travelling on to Europe.

DUBLIN’S BEST HOSTELS

Backpackers can pick up Backpax in hostels and tourist

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information offices around the country. European

Dublin’s top eight hostels have joined up

hostels who advertise in it also stock free copies. Its

to form Dublin’s Best Hostels to offer you the very

ACACIA ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS

A5 size makes it easy to carry and its fun cover makes

best accommodation in Ireland’s capital. With facilities

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it easy to spot.

from saunas to cinemas, deluxe rooms to dorms and

Acacia Africa have been offering

P: 01179 241600 E: sharon@backpaxmag.com W: backpaxmag.com

the cheapest prices in Dublin, there is no better place

overlanding, adventure, small group, trekking, volunteering, diving and lodge safaris in Africa for more than 16 years. It has over 100

P: 020 8290 6422 E: michael.grierson@contiki.com W: contiki.com

to stay in the city.

P: +35 3 1475 0001 E: dbhhostels@gmail.com W: dublinsbesthostels.com

tours to tempt you, and is offering up to 50 per cent

BROSS HOLIDAYS

off selected safaris at the show, so visit the stand.

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P: 020 7706 4700 E: info@acacia-africa.com W: acacia-africa.com

Based in Surrey, Bross Holidays specialises in

DO THE NORTH

holidays to Turkey. With 15 years’ experience in the

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travel industry and fully bonded by travel association

Visit St Anna in Sweden, and go sea kayaking among

ABTA (L6243), Bross Holidays takes care of your

6000 islands in a unique coastal landscape. You cruise

ADRENALINE-CHECK SLOVENIA

holiday needs with the utmost professionalism.

among amazing nature, put up camp where you like

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P: 020 8941 6090 E: eddie@brossholidays.com W: brossholidays.com

and cook your food in the wild. And you do it all on

Adrenaline-Check provides unique and personalised natural experiences and adventures for travellers in Slovenia and other former

your own, as there’s no guide. Get some friends together and have an awesome outdoors holiday.

P: +46 7 0713 9609 E: helena@dothenorth.co.uk W: dothenorth.co.uk

Yugoslavian countries. It promotes the importance of

BUGBITTEN.COM

living an active life, environmental conservation and

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a connection to nature.

Bugbitten.com is a tour search engine

P: +38 6 4138 3662 E: info@adrenaline-check.com W: adrenaline-check.com

based on more than 3 million pages

DRAGOMAN

of collective wisdom from thousands of travellers

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worldwide. They believe the perfect tour can be found

Dragoman has more than 25 years’

when it is based on a traveller’s personal criteria (how

experience running overland trips through Africa,

ANDERSON TOURS

much, how long, preferred destinations) and the

Asia, and South America, and pioneering more routes

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experiences (reviews, blogs, photos) of other travellers.

than any other adventure travel operator. Dragoman

Anderson Tours offers the independent traveller a

Bugbitten.com is not a booking engine.

is offering discounts at the TNT Travel Show.

range of day excursions and short breaks at affordable

P: 020 8123 7185 E: travelbug@bugbitten.com W: bugbitten.com

P: 01728 861133 E: info@dragoman.com W: dragoman.com

dedicated team member to look after groups.

BUSABOUT

EASTERN TREKKER

Anderson Tours is a sponsor of TNT’s Love Britain

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photography competition.

Busabout is Europe’s hop-on, hop-off travel network

Eastern Europe is where it’s happening, from the

P: 020 7436 9304 E: info@andersontours.co.uk W: andersontours.co.uk

for free-spirited, budget-conscious travellers. You

Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Bosnia, Serbia,

choose where to go and how long you stay, rather

and Croatia, to Bulgaria and Turkey. Vibrant cities,

than being bound by a tour itinerary. With its door-

jaw-dropping scenery and rich cultures make Eastern

prices. With a choice of destinations in the UK and Europe, it operates daily throughout the year. Travel is by plane, train and luxury motor coach and it offers a

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International Rules, Tri-Nations, and much more.

HAGGIS ADVENTURES

cash will go much further in this part of the world.

Fanatics also operates a huge range of quality tours to

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P: 0845 257 8345 E: office@easterntrekker.com W: easterntrekker.com

the big events and festivals, such as the Fanatics Big

Haggis has been running legendary tours of Scotland,

Five – Anzac Day at Gallipoli, Skifest, Pamplona,

England and Wales with passionate local guides since

La Tomatina and Oktoberfest – which you must do

1993 and its reputation has been built on word of

before you head home.

mouth. Stay in a Highland castle, discover the Isle of

P: 020 7240 3223 E: london@thefanatics.com W: thefanatics.com

Skye or go surfing in Cornwall. Trips are from three

EUROLINES Stands 24 and 38 Eurolines offers low-cost coach travel from London’s Victoria coach station to hundreds of top destinations

to 10 days and hop-on, hop-off options are available.

P: 0131 5579393 E: info@radicaltravel.com W: haggisadventures.com

across Europe, including frequent services to Paris,

FEZ TRAVEL

Amsterdam, Brussels and Dublin. Eurolines UK is

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part of National Express and has been in the coach

Fez Travel is all about seeing the best of Turkey and

HOSTELLING INTERNATIONAL

travel business for more than 20 years. One-way fares

Greece. They are the largest tour operator for

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start from just £15. Multi-trip Europasses are available.

travelling to Gallipoli for Anzac Day, and have a

Hostelling International is the brand

P: 0871 781 8177 E: eurolinesfeedback@nationalexpress.com W: eurolines.co.uk

diverse range of travel products that cater for all travel

name of more than 90 youth hostel

styles, from budget to five-star. Plus it operates

associations in 80 countries, operating more than 4000

Turkey’s only hop-on, hop-off network, the Fez Bus.

hostels. No other hostel operator can match its quality

P: +90 21 2516 9024 E: feztravel@feztravel.com W: feztravel.com

or variety of accommodation. Unlike bland motels,

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impersonal hotels or backpackers, Hostelling International hostels are fun meeting places, which are full of like-minded people.

Europe’s Famous Hostels, found in the most vibrant cities across the continent,

FIRST FESTIVAL TRAVEL

have been selected again and again by

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backpackers and budget travellers as their favourite

First Festival Travel remains the

and most memorable stays on journeys. Each hostel

leader in operating well-

has been highlighted repeatedly on websites, in

organised, professional and fun tours to major

HOSTELS CLUB

guidebooks and through word of mouth as “must-

European festivals and events. The tours are designed

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see” destinations.

to reflect the integrity of the event or festival, and

Hostels Club helps you choose and book budget

P: +32 4 9943 5211 E: info@famoushotels.com W: famoushostels.com

ensure your experience is memorable.

accommodation all over the world. Hostels Club is a

P: 020 8896 6070 E: info@firstfestivaltravel.com W: firstfestivaltravel.com

market leader for European accommodation, and its

EXCESS BAGGAGE

P: 01707 324170 E: office@hihostels.com W: hihostels.com

website has photos, descriptions, customer ratings and reviews, to help you make the best decision in booking your stay.

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GECKO’S ADVENTURES

With services in more than 300 countries and

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territories and more than 25,000 cities worldwide,

Why choose Gecko’s? With small

Excess Baggage Group is one of the UK’s leading

groups, great prices and lots of fun,

shippers of removals, household effects and excess

Gecko’s offers the value and freedom of backpacking

HOSTELWORLD.COM

baggage to around the world.

without the hassle. Your local leader will take you off

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P: 020 8324 2000 E: john.moynes@excess-baggage.com W: excess-baggage.com

the beaten track, but you won’t miss out on the

Hostelworld.com provides

famous sights. Stop by and visit Gecko’s for great

online accommodation bookings at more than

booking promotions on the day of the show.

23,000 properties worldwide. These properties

P: 0845 077 8808 E: sales@geckosadventures.co.uk W: geckosadventures.com

include hostels, budget hotels, guesthouses,

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P: +39 4124 13870 E: info@hostelsclub.com W: hostelsclub.com

apartments and campsites in all of Europe’s top cities, as well as others around the world. To book your bed before you go, simply pay 10 per cent

Expat Explore’s unique cost-saver tours allow travellers to explore all the best sights and famous

GO BUS

deposit online and the rest when you get to your

cities around Europe and Egypt without paying

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selected destination. It couldn’t be simpler. Visit

a fortune. It doesn’t get any better than this – travel

GoBus is a young and dynamic travel company

Hostelworld.com at stand 15 and you will receive

in style and stay in great hotels, all for the price of

specialising in group tours and festivals for spirited

a free Hostelworld.com Gold Card worth US$10

a camping tour.

travellers who want to discover the world, experience

and pay no booking fees for a year.

P: 020 7394 5232 E: info@expatexplore.com W: expatexplore.com

different cultures, make new friends and have a lot of

P: +35 3 1498 0709 W: hostelworld.com

fun along the way. Designed for the budget-conscious traveller, GoBus offers group tours to Egypt, Morocco,

FANATICS

and Trans-Siberian railway journeys. Festivals include

HOSTELS IN IRELAND (AN OIGE/IHH)

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Pamplona, La Tomatina, Oktoberfest and Hogmanay.

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Fanatics is Australia’s largest

Visit GoBus and see for yourself.

For hostels in Ireland, which are

supporter group and licensed tour operator to loads

P: 020 7471 6400 E: info@thegobus.com W: thegobus.com

all tourist board approved, visit

Russia, Turkey and Anzac Day, plus Croatia sailing

of worldwide sporting events, including the Cricket World Cup, Rugby World Cup, US Open, Davis Cup,

Independent Holiday Hostels of Ireland (IHH) and An Oige, the Irish Youth Hostel Association. Free

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customers in the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain,

NOMADIC EXPEDITIONS

accommodation in Ireland.

Switzerland, the UK, Australia and Germany. Lebara

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P: +35 3 1836 4700 (IHH) / +35 3 1830 4555 (An Oige) E: info@hostels-ireland.com / reception@anoige.ie W: hostels-ireland.com / irelandyha.org

Mobile provides pre-paid mobile sim cards

Nomadic Expeditions is an adventure,

customised to the needs of Australians, New

activity and cultural tour operator in

Zealanders and South Africans living in the UK.

Morocco. It operates the following category tours:

P: 0870 075 5588 E: naeem.iqbal@lebara.com W: lebara-mobile.co.uk

overland, hotel adventure, ski, surf and trekking. It

INTERLAKEN HOSTELS AND ADVENTURE

has offered great value-for-money tours for more than 12 years

P: 01189 737011 E: info@nomadic.co.uk W: nomadic.co.uk

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Interlaken Hostels and Adventure is

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Europe’s number one travel operator for adventure

On display at this stand are the best entries in TNT’s

and fun in Switzerland. Interlaken is the place to go in

Love Britain photography competition, plus get the

Europe if you’re after nightlife, thrills, beautiful

lowdown on why the UK rocks at the Visit Britain

NORTHERN IRELAND YOUTH HOSTELS

natural surroundings or a budget-friendly break.

talk in Room 2 at 12.30pm, when the winners of the

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P: +41 3 3511 2155 E: info@interlaken-adventure.com W: interlaken-adventure.com

competition will be announced.

Hostelling International Northern

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Ireland (HINI) provides affordable youth hostel accommodation throughout Northern Ireland – in

MACBACKPACKERS

Armagh, Belfast, Bushmills, Enniskillen, Newcastle

INTREPID TRAVEL

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and Whitepark Bay. It offers a range of facilities for

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MacBackpackers has now

budget travellers. It also has fun outdoor activity

For travellers who have a yearning to

been running tours for more than 10 years. It provides

breaks and an incredible tour of top sights.

get off the beaten track, Intrepid Travel opens up a

extremely high-quality, yet fun and informal, fully

whole new world. With a variety of travel styles

guided tours of Scotland, which are especially

available, Intrepid travellers explore the world’s most

designed for young, independent, budget-minded

P: 02890 324733 E: office@hini.org.uk W: hini.org.uk

amazing places – discovering real people, real

travellers. More than 30,000 backpackers have

cultures and having incredible real-life experiences

travelled around Scotland with MacBackpackers. As

OASIS OVERLAND

along the way.

well as taking guests to the top sights that Scotland

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P: 020 7354 6169 E: islington@intrepidtravel.com W: intrepidtravel.com

has to offer, such as Loch Ness, Glencoe, and Rob Roy

Oasis Overland specialises in affordable adventure

and Braveheart country, MacBackpackers tours thrive

trips, which explore some of the most spectacular

on being spontaneous and showing off the real

places in the world. Oasis operates 15-days to 40-week

character of Scotland.

overland expeditions in South America, Africa and

P: 0131 5589900 E: info@macbackpackers.com W: macbackpackers.com

the Middle East, and 10- to 27-day hotel-based trips in

JUMBUCK’S PIES SHEPHERD’S BUSH AND FULHAM Food shop Jumbuck’s The Aussie Pie Co has

Egypt, Jordan and Peru.

P: 01963 363400 E: info@oasisoverland.co.uk W: oasisoverland.co.uk

sausage rolls and dim sim. It also stocks a range of

MOOSE TRAVEL NETWORK CANADA

foods from Australia and New Zealand. The shops

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ON THE GO

are open seven days a week from 7am. Jumbuck’s Pies

Moose Travel Network is Canada’s

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are available wholesale and for office catering.

only national jump-on, jump-off adventure bus tour

On The Go operates adventure and

P: 020 8811 8111 E: shepherdsbush@jumbucks.com W: southerncrossdeli.co.uk

network for backpackers and independent travellers.

cultural tours in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Turkey,

The guided adventure bus trips are designed to give

Russia, China, South America, Sri Lanka, India

passengers a unique look at Canada, taking them off

and the Himalayas. It is a leading Anzac Day

the beaten track, so they can take in key scenic,

tour operator, and also offers journeys on the

KUMUKA WORLDWIDE

historical, and adventure sights.

Trans-Siberian railway, overland expeditions in

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P: +14 1 6504 7514 E: richard@moosenetwork.com W: moosenetwork.com

Africa, and sailing holidays in Croatia.

a range of 14 different pie flavours,

If you want to venture a little further from the rain and grey, then explore Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin and North

P: 020 7371 1113 E: info@onthgotours.com W: onthegotours.com

America with Kumuka. With more than 450 tours,

NOMAD ADVENTURE TOURS

covering 75 countries, from two days to 35 weeks

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OUTDOOR INTERLAKEN

long, you’re spoilt for choice with Kumuka Worldwide.

Nomad Adventure Tours started

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P: 020 7937 8855 E: adventuretours@kumuka.com W: kumuka.com

more than 13 years ago as an overland adventure

Outdoor Interlaken,

operator. Today Nomad has grown to include

Balmer’s Herberge and Skydive Switzerland

a fleet of over 40 trucks, 120 staff and 30 scheduled

bring you the best package deals. Ski, snowboard,

departures a month all over Africa. It has run more

skydive, and paraglide in the Swiss Alps, while

LEBARA MOBILE

than 3000 tours to date, kept 30,000 clients satisfied

staying at the world-famous Balmer’s Herberge

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and covered about 10 million kilometres.

in Interlaken.

Lebara Mobile launched the first ever low-cost

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Forget dodging trucks and white vans. Cycling in rural England is the way to go, and closer than you think WORDS ALISON GRINTER

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udley End in North Essex is a pretty little village. It’s also home to an impressive stately pile of the same name, but we don’t have time to check out its 30 “lavishly decorated” rooms. Our guide Geoff Fletcher from Trailnet allocates us each a shiny new bike and a well-fitting helmet.

After giving us a crash course in the gears we are off, heading east on a B road through some of Essex’s most lush countryside.

Audley End House

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ESSEX, BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT Forget any preconceived ideas you have about Essex being chav central. We are only an hour outside of London and yet our route meanders through some truly idyllic countryside.

We cycle past copses, fields and hillocks: all those cute little English motifs you read about in Enid Blyton books as a kid. We’ve been warned the route is “undulating”, but that description

doesn’t take into account the mega hills we hit on the approach to every new town.

Our first is the stunning medieval town of Saffron Walden, once a major English centre for the production of the saffron crocus and the site of some of England’s finest turf mazes.

What’s a turf maze, I hear you ask? Dunno – again, there’s no time to find out as we continue to push east!

COUNTRY VS CITY As someone who cycles in London most days I find the difference between city and country cycling immediately apparent. For starters, there are fewer cycling lanes here, so you feel less entitlement to the road.

On the other hand the motorists out here seem almost respectful towards us and there are no black cabs trying to rub us out. There’s also more roadkill – that is, squashed bunnies,

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The Thaxted windmill and Tilty Church (above)

squirrels and foxes decorating the road with their innards. Better them than us.

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STEEPED IN HISTORY After pedal-pushing for 16km we are more than ready for a hearty pub lunch in Thaxted. This historic town dates back to the Domesday Book and is worth a quick tour of its pretty almshouses and the 19th century windmill.

Its most famous landmark is the 15th century timber-framed Guildhall, which looks wonky with age but is miraculously still standing.

Even our lunch destination, The Swan, is steeped in history as the one-time watering hole of 18th century highwayman Dick Turpin.

PIT STOP Just outside Thaxted the road gets very bumpy indeed. I’ve got a flat. But Geoff comes to the rescue and does a quick patch job on the punctured tube. We’re back on the road within minutes, sailing through the tiny hamlets of Duton Hill and Broxted.

After a little diversion to see Tilty Church, we finish up in Henham. It has taken us roughly four hours to cover 35km, which should give you some indication of the leisurely pace we’ve set for the day.

Looking over my shoulder I can see church spires poking out from the green hills and towns we have just passed through on

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our bikes only minutes before. It is beautiful to behold.

JAMIE OLIVER COUNTRY After a nice sleep it’s time to hit the bitumen again. It’s hotter today but we only have another 20km to go, and there’s a lunch stop at The Cricketers in Clavering, the inn owned

by Jamie Oliver’s parents.

The town has charming cricketing and bowling greens and the food at The Cricketers is sensational. What’s more, it will easily see us back to the train station at Audley End.

» Alison Grinter travelled with National Express Trains (nationalexpresseast anglia.com). See visitessex.com for bike hire. Details of cycling routes can be found at visiteastofengland.com

WHEN TO GO Spring through to autumn is the best time to cycle.

GETTING THERE Trains from Liverpool Street to Audley End take about one hour.

GETTING AROUND Two wheels is the best way to enjoy the countryside.

ACCOMMODATION There is a Youth Hostel in Saffron Walden. Contact saffron@ yha.org.uk for more information. Essex has plenty of B&Bs that will suit all budgets. Rooms start at around £25 per person per night. Or splash out and stay at the eco-minded Great Hallingbury Manor (greathallingburymanor.com for more information).

SEE visitessex.com.

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Set in the valley of Zillertal in Tirrol, Austria, not only is the scenic town of Mayrhofen a top destination for the ski season, it’s also a delight during the summer months too, thanks to an abundance of flora and fauna.

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HEADLINE ATTRACTION The slopes. Mayrhofen is the home of one of Europe’s largest snowboard parks, called Vans Penken, while there’s 157km of piste to enjoy. There are two lift stations to take you up the mountains – the Ahorn and the Penken. Ahorn is ideal for beginners with a wide and lengthy but not-too-steep slope to learn on. There’s also a mammoth 5km black run with some extremely steep sections – for experts only! Up the Penken lift you’ll find lengthy black and red runs, while there are a couple of blue runs and beginner slopes too.

BEST OF THE REST Summertime in Mayrhofen is a nature lover’s dream, It’s an area that’s great for walking and cycling.

There are luscious green

mountain tops and forests waiting to be explored packed with wildlife, flora and fauna.

Hikers should check out the Zillertal National park which covers 379 sq km. Mayrhofen also offers paragliding all year round for those seeking a bit more of an adventure.

CHOW DOWN Austrian food is deliciously hearty and there’s no shortage of places to chow down. For a truly authentic experience, head to Perauer (Ahornstrasse 854) where the waitresses are dressed in traditional costume and the food is superb – think Wiener schnitzels, pork knuckle and venison. Café Tirrol (Hauptstrasse 448)

serves up a mean breakfast, while Meister-Metzger (also on Hauptsrasse) is a meat lover’s paradise, where schnitzel and sausage sandwiches make for too tasty takeaway that’s super cheap.

TRY THE LOCAL TIPPLE Make sure you warm up with a jaeger tea, a potent bevvie concocted out of schnapps and rum.

OUT ON THE TOWN There are a stack of bars and clubs to party the night away in. Mo’s Bar and Diner and Schlussel are a couple of good hotspots. If you want to take your après skiing to another level, time your visit to Mayrhofen during the town’s annual Snowbombing festival, which takes place in early spring. Some superb DJs and bands descend on the town for the massive party.

NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO The ski season runs from December to April.

This year Snowbombing runs from April 5-10.

GETTING THERE Fly direct from London to Innsbruck, Salzburg or Munich. There are train services to Mayrhofen from these destinations. Innsbruck is over an 1 hour away by train and Salzburg and Munich are about 2 hours by train.

VISAS South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.10 EUR. LANGUAGE German.

GOING OUT A beer is €3.50.

ACCOMMODATION B&Bs are about €35 per person, per night in winter. Three-star hotels are about €60.

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DEAD FAMOUS The first stop on any ‘creepy crawl’ of Rome must be the Verano Cemetery, a short walk east of Termini station. The monuments and statues – many are renowned works of art – give Verano its reputation as one of Rome’s strangest open-air museums.

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Admittedly Rome’s chaotic, sun-bathed piazzas may seem an unlikely setting for an atmospheric encounter with the dark side, but once you’ve seen the Sistine Chapel and ancient ruins, get off the tourist trail in favour of the Italian capital’s lesser-known, creepier side.

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GOING UNDERGROUND The Protestant cemetery in Testaccio (near Piramide Metro station) is a leafy haven away from the noisy city, and is also the final resting place for British poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats.

If tree-sheltered tombs and the glamour of dead poets isn’t gritty enough for you, try going underground at one of Rome’s early Christian burial grounds. The Catacombs of St Sebastian (on via Appia Antica) are more than 1600 years old, with a network of tunnels and galleries stretching 11km.

The bodies are no longer in situ, but there are mosaics and mausoleums, as well as a damp musty smell to evoke the centuries of burial. See catacombe.roma.it for more information.

by marble statues of bereft mourners and winged angels, while other tombs bear more resemblance to large concrete filing cabinets where the deceased are stacked on top of each other.

It’s been a burial site since Roman times, but modern city dwellers have been coming here for some RIP since 1805. Some famous inhabitants include Italian filmmakers Roberto Rossellini, Marcello Mastroianni and Luchino Visconti.

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CRYPTIC TOUR Round off your visit to the darker side of Rome For a full travel guide on what with a peek at another subterranean site – the to see and do in Rome go to crypt of Santa Maria della Concezione on via tntmagazine.com/travel Veneto (main image).

It’s decorated with the bones of 4000 Capuchin monks, arranged in incongruous Kristen Stewart stars as Bella in Twilight: New Moon flower patterns. If that’s not enough to freak you out, read the crypt’s inscription: “What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be.”

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MORE TO VAMPIRES IN VOLTERRA Volterra in Tuscany found fame as the home of the Volturi coven in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight vampire series, with the town’s Piazza dei Priori now a place of pilgrimage for Bella and Edward fans But the town dates to before imperial Rome, and was colonised by the Etruscans in about 800BC. Volterra’s ancient Etruscan necropolis, from 400BC, provides a fitting

side-show to the Volturi vampires.

Volterra is four and a half hours away by train from Rome – if that sounds too far, try the closer Etruscan necropolis at Cerveteri instead, just a 25-minute train ride away from St Peter’s Basilica.

More than 400 tombs here make for a city of the dead you can literally get lost in. Don’t go alone!

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WHEN TO GO Spring and autumn tend to be warm without being stifling.

GETTING THERE There are flights to Rome daily from London. Or try the overnight train from Paris.

GETTING AROUND A oneday travel card is €4, or €11 for three days.

VISAS South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.10 EUR LANGUAGE Italian.

GOING OUT A large beer costs €6.

ACCOMMODATION A bed in a hostel dorm costs about €15. Basic hotel rooms start from about €20, or pay up to €60 for something that’s a bit nicer.

SEE For listings and events in Rome see inromenow.com

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WINNER PENGUINS AT BOULDERS BEACH, SOUTH AFRICA Gareth Cortez, Clapham This is picture perfect as far as composition goes – level horizon, on the rule of thirds, selective colour scheme.

The subject matter makes a bold statement, even though it’s a small portion of the image. Penguins are always an engaging subject and stringing them out along the lower half of the frame is a subtle way to portray these amusing creatures.

HOT TIP: You don’t need a long lens for great wildlife shots. Showing them in the wild, particularly in these controversial times, can be done with modest equipment. » Gareth wins a threeday tour of Scotland for two valued at £198 from Haggis Adventures

RUNNER-UP SAFFRON, FEZ TANNERIES, MOROCCO Jennifer Congrave Jennifer has kept the movement alive in this shot with people leaning into and walking out of the frame.

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THEME: TEXTURE Rustic Charm, Singapore by Loz Kovesy Rusty metal, peeling paint, rotting wood – photographers love it for the texture, colour and sentimentality.

Loz has some beautiful colours and textures in this simple but effective shot.

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 Perfect symmetrical composition contrasts with imperfect subject.

2 Focus totally on the texture and colour turning a neglected building into a piece of art to look at.

3 Low contrast light keeps focus on colour and pattern.

This would have been a less romantic image if shot in blazing sunlight.

4 The slight inclusion of the sky, tree and adjacent buildings frame the image and puts it in context.

5 Blues contrast nicely with the browns.

HOT TIPS: 1 For competitions, stick to the rules. So many great shots get discarded at the first hurdle because they are the wrong size or format.

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3 Technique comes before creativity. Badly composed, under exposed or out of focus shots will not make the first hurdle however great the subject matter if only because they will not reproduce well.

4 Look at previous winners.

Don’t copy, but it will give you an idea of what the judges

are looking for and the type of competition. Arty, avant-garde images are unlikely to win a travel photography competition.

5 Keep trying. Most winners fail the first few times. Learn from your mistakes.

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On the dreamy TIP OF but otherworldly THE WEEK Greek island of Santorini don’t get a cab up the hill when you get off your ferry, just ask for the local bus. It costs roughly €2, you pay cash on board and it takes you to the main towns really quickly.

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A visit to the Donghuamen Night Market on Beijing’s Wangfujing Street, might not be to everyone’s taste.

However, stopping off there is a worthwhile experience as numerous stalls line the street offering every kind of Chinese dish imaginable, from skewered locusts to scorpion kebabs, vegetarian pittas and a range of sweet puddings.

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I’m planning a trip to Holland over the summer. My mum and sister are visiting and I’d love to take them as Mum was born there, but left when she was two. As well as Amsterdam, I want to take them somewhere that will really show my mum her roots.

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I’ve seen a lot of cheap deals to New York, and as a die-hard Sex And the City fan I’ve always wanted to go. I can only muster a long weekend off work – is it worth darting across for a cosmo in the Big Apple?

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Firstly, a note on semantics. The country is called the Netherlands, not Holland.

Calling this country Holland is like saying England when you mean the United Kingdom.

No capital ‘t’ either.

The obvious answer is that you should go where your mum was born. This will probably take a day, leaving you four or five days to see some more of the Netherlands. Amsterdam is lovely and underrated away from the Red Light District, which you have no need to even step into. The wonderful museums, up-and-coming Jordaan area to the west and graceful parks and cafés will happily pass a few days.

You could take day-trips to the places I’d recommend going to: Apeldoorn, Leiden, Den Haag and s’Hertogenbosch (crazy name, crazy town!) but you’ll enjoy it more if you overnight in a couple. If the weather’s good, go to one of the islands that stand as a bulwark between the Netherlands and the North Sea. Blowing what I’ve written above out of the water, the address for further information on this country is holland.com. Oh well.

It took me a while to work out what you meant by ‘cosmo in the Big Apple’ but then I figured out you meant a cocktail. Or at least I think you do. This uncertainty caused a kind of personal crisis, but undaunted I go on.

Now, New York is a wonderful city, bettered only by the one you already live in – but it does take six hours to fly there from the UK. This means a total door-to-door journey of around 12 hours. If you could squeeze out a trip which went out on Wednesday night and came back on Monday night then I think you’re getting towards a decent length of time.

Once in NYC time moves in your favour. Your first day will feel nice and long, and you’ll wake up early. If you’re planning to beat a path to the door of some of the city’s great cocktail bars then a catnap during the day is essential. Fifth Avenue department stores keep long hours, as do some of the big attractions.

My other New York essentials? A journey on the elevated 7 train line, a stroll through Brooklyn Heights for the best views of Manhattan, and, as you like cocktails, a visit to the speakeasy-style Flatiron Lounge (flatironlounge.com).

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The best cruise is in Alaska Alaska has been named the world’s greatest cruise destination by a jury of the UK’s leading cruise writers and industry experts.

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and grilled the experts for advice, then meet some fellow travellers at the special travel buddy meet and greet event, which is held in the afternoon.

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WALPURGISNACHT (WITCHES’ NIGHT) BROCKEN, GERMANY WHAT: May Day festivals

occur across Europe, many with a bizarre twist on their pagan roots. Walpurgisnacht, held in Germany’s Harz Mountains, is no exception.

WHEN: April 30.

WHY: Local myth has it that witches and warlocks would gather at the top of the mountain on Walpurgisnacht to recount their evil deeds for the year, culminating in an extravagant feast, said to represent sex with the devil.

DO IT BECAUSE: If you head to the town of Thale, you’ll be one of around 35,000 dancing around the fire and seeing in the dawn with some truly eccentric characters.

HOW MUCH: Free to go, but broomstick hire is extra.

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LOCK IT IN ANZAC DAY Gallipoli, Turkey Apr 25, 2010 anzacsite.gov.au

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL Cannes, South of France May 12-23, 2010 festival-cannes.com

MONACO F1 GP Monte Carlo, Monaco May 15, 2010 formula1.com

CHEESE ROLLING Gloucestershire, England May 31, 2010 cheese-rolling.co.uk

QUEEN’S DAY Amsterdam, The Netherlands April 29 No tea or polite conversation – Amsterdam is taken over by a rip-roaring street party with a sprawling market at its heart.

People flock from all over the country, decked out in orange, to drink a lot of beer.

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Where in the world?

ROYAL ASCOT Ascot (near Windsor) Jun 15-19, 2010 ascot.co.uk

SUMMER SOLSTICE Stonehenge, England Jun 21, 2010 english-heritage.org.uk

THE TRAVELLER …

Lyndal Oliver, 23, from Gunnedah, Australia Where’s the best place you’ve been to and why?

Rio de Janeiro – there’s sun, beaches, parties and Carnivale.

Where is your favourite place in the UK?

London – it has great nightlife and fantastic shopping.

The most over-rated place you’ve visited?

Uluru (Ayers Rock) – red sand, dry heat and it’s extremely expensive.

Where’s your dream destination?

Phuket – it sounds absolutely amazing.

Your wackiest travel story?

Cynthia Sandberg from Auckland, New Zealand, at Fidel Castro’s headquarters, Cuba

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Travelling on a run-down bus for four days through South America just to party in Rio.

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If you’re a one-bag kinda person and likely to lug the thing five days a week, pay a tad more for durability and plump for subtle hues to match all outfits, plus simple but stylish patterns. A top pick should be a pack with a comfortable, practical shape – particularly

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My favourite place in the world is … Edinburgh.

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one that will cushion the prodding from an askew lunchbox. If it hangs off the shoulder, you want a cushioned strap, and look for mesh to avoid unsightly sweat stains.

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across the Middle East to Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus and Turkey – what a great few months they were.

My most memorable travel experience was … sleeping under the stars on top of Mt Masada overlooking the Red Sea. The next destination on my travel wishlist is …

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Burma – all the places which are tricky to visit at the moment.

My top travel tip is … always be open to new cultures and outlooks.

I always pack … a map because it can tell you so much about where you are going.

My guilty travel pleasure is … sleeping in when I know I should be out and about.

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BIG TRIP Dahab EGYPT

SEAHORSES FOR COURSES At first, the course seemed like torture.

This was my holiday, after all, and I had paid a substantial sum of money to spend part of it studying a textbook called the PADI Open Water Diver Manual, and the other part subjecting myself to complicated skills work in the ocean, such as learning to pivot on my fins.

The particular skill which had driven me to the edge of breaking point was learning to clear my mask in the event it filled with water.

Ignoring the instructions about tilting the mask I inhaled the salt water through my nose and

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vomited the water up once I surfaced. Some people enjoy the Open Water Diver course.

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LOCATION, LOCATION My problem wasn’t the location – Dahab is a great place to learn to dive. It’s a laid-back, slightly scruffy town on the edge of the Red Sea. Open air cafés offering fruit juices and shisha pipes jostle for position on the stony beach and camels occasionally wander past with their owners touting for business.

When I peered across the Red Sea I could even spot Saudi Arabia, while behind Dahab, the Sinai mountains rise abruptly out of the flat desert landscape. The town is a haven for backpackers with a legion of youth hostels and internet cafés in stark contrast to the megaresorts and package tourism of neighbouring Sharm el-Sheikh.

Dahab’s popularity among backpackers is due to it being one of the cheapest places in the world to learn to dive. The sweetener is that food and accommodation are also a bargain.

AT ONE WITH THE OCEAN The problem wasn’t my instructor either – a practical French woman called Sophie from Penguin Divers, one of a large number of dive centres in Dahab. She was patient yet firm. No, the problem was me and my fear of being under

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iving is so much fun, you’ll love it,” my friends said. As I vomited in the water and fought back tears on the first day of my four-day Open Water Diver course in Dahab I began plotting my revenge against these so-called friends.

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LEARN HOW TO DIVE The most well-known diving qualification is the PADI Open Water Diver. The course consists of eight lessons in the water in addition to private study using textbooks and DVDs. You are required to complete written and practical tests to qualify for your PADI licence. The good news is that it’s possible to complete the skills section of the course and the out of water study in the UK before your holiday. London Scuba offers a “referral” course from £100, which means you then only have to complete four open water dives on your holiday to qualify as a PADI Open Water Diver. See londonscuba.com.

Alternatively, you can complete the whole course in Dahab. Penguin Divers offers the PADI course, all equipment and a week’s bed and breakfast for €240.

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the sea instead of merrily bobbing along on top of it. But I stubbornly refused to abandon the course despite my apparent ineptitude.

I grimly trudged into the water weighed down by my oxygen tank and equipment for my twice daily lessons, spurred onward by the fact I had already paid for the course upfront.

Then, gradually, a strange thing happened: I started to get the hang of diving.

Day by day, I got used to being “at one” with the underwater world. I learned not to panic

A tiny trumpet “ fish surfed on my air bubbles ”

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HOOK, LINE AND SINKER It had taken me the entire course, but it was official, I was hooked. I passed the Open Water Diver course and went straight on to do the Advanced Open Water Diver course so I could tackle some of the more difficult dives in the area. The toughest was the Blue Hole, where many experienced divers have died.

I was careful to follow Sophie’s instructions to the letter. After diving down we entered a crack in the reef and descended through a chimney out into what seemed to be a never-ending blue abyss. Even though I knew it would scare me Get kitted up

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as I descended under the surface. I learned to breathe slowly, steadily and calmly through my mouthpiece instead of sucking in the oxygen in greedy, panicked gulps. I even learned how to clear my mask properly, and once I learned this I was finally able to see underwater.

vibrantly coloured coral which shimmered in the reflected light.

There were also amazing creatures down there I’d never seen before, like ghostly manta rays and schools of barracuda arranged in perfect formation. Named after the prehistoric moray eels that dwell there, the Moray Garden was teeming with sea creatures.

Rather than swimming or snorkelling above these creatures, diving allowed me to feel like I was swimming with them. A school of banner fish enveloped me and a clown fish peeked out from its hiding place as I drifted past. A tiny trumpet fish seemed to want to play as it surfed on my air bubbles.

I looked down “ to marvel at the depths below ” explore the length of the wreck and back. After surfacing for lunch and a compulsory break we dived the wreck again, this time with a torch to look inside. The main part of the wreck stands upright, which makes it easy to enter the hull.

Once inside it’s fascinating to see the supplies which remain undisturbed, including rows of wellies and motorbikes ready for action.

I was elated when I surfaced. In the course of my holiday in Dahab I went from being a diving novice to tackling night dives, deep dives and now wreck dives. My friends were right, in the end I did love diving.

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half to death I couldn’t help but look down to marvel at the breathtaking depths below.

For advanced divers it’s also worth investing in a trip to the SS Thistlegorm, the most famous wreck in the Red Sea. The Thistlegorm is located off the coast between Sharm el-Sheikh and Suez.

Dahab dive schools organise regular trips to Sharm el-Sheikh to do the dive.

The Thistlegorm was a World War II supply ship which sailed from Glasgow around South Africa to the Red Sea in 1941. It carried supplies for the British troops in Egypt, including trucks, aeroplane parts, Wellington boots and motorbikes, but was bombed and sank before reaching its destination.

The ship is enormous at nearly 130m long, and it took an entire dive of 40 minutes to

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NEED TO KNOW CAIRO Dahab Sharm el-Sheikh

LIBYA EGYPT

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ULTIMATE DIVE SITES THE BLUE HOLE, BELIZE Discovered by Jacques Cousteau, this spectacular dive is incredibly deep and a brilliant blue colour.

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WHEN TO GO Winter may be quiet, but dive schools are open all year.

GETTING THERE BA flies from London to Sharm elSheik. A bus from Sharm elSheik to Dahab takes 1 hour.

GETTING AROUND You can get around Dahab on foot. Dive schools and tour companies will arrange transport to dive sites.

VISAS Australian and New Zealand passport holders can buy a visa on arrival for US$25. South Africans must obtain a visa prior to arrival.

CURRENCY Currency: Egyptian Pound. 1 GBP = 8.3 EGP. LANGUAGE Arabic.

GOING OUT A beer is 13 EGP. ACCOMMODATION 58 EGP for a bed in a dorm and 206 EGP for a hotel room.

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See turtles in Malaysia

SIPADAN ISLAND, MALAYSIAN BORNEO Get up close to hawksbill and green turtles.

LITTLE CORN ISLAND, NICARAGUA An undiscovered paradise where there are only ever a few divers at a time.

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KAILUA KONA, HAWAII Dive with manta rays with 4m fin spans.

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HILTON OVERNIGHT! 3 MUST SEE’S STONEHENGE, BATH & OXFORD! Sat 20th - Sun 21st March See the 3 most popular sites in the UK. Oxford, Bath and the world famous Stonehenge.

Staying overnight in luxury at the Hilton Hotel where buffet dinner & breakfast is all part of the package.

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Fri 19th - Sun 21st March Spend the weekend in Scotland staying in the heart of Edinburgh. Tour includes return train travel, guided city sightseeing tour with local Scottish guide, 2 nights B&B Hotel accommodation, plenty of free time to explore or take an optional “Loch Ness Tour” to the Scottish Highlands (supplement applies) with the services of an Anderson Tours Tour Manager.

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With so many famous sights such as The Eiffel Tower, The River Seine, The Louvre & The Arc de Triomphe, Paris has something to offer everyone.

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ISLE OF WIGHT OVERNIGHT

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Discover the Isle of Wight famous for it’s annual festival, Sailing Regatta & the Needles.

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HOLLAND & BELGIUM Fri 2nd - Mon 5th April Tour Includes coach travel & ferry crossings, 3 nights hotel accommodation, buffet breakfasts, 3 course evening meals & free bar at the hotel, guided sightseeing tour of Amsterdam, excursion to Brugge, plenty of free time to explore & services of an Anderson Tours Tour Manager.

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GERMANY RHINELAND AT EASTER Fri 2nd – Mon 5th April Tour includes return coach

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LIVERPOOL, THE LAKES & WALES Fri 2nd – Mon 5th April Tour includes return coach travel, 3 nights accommodation in Liverpool with Beatles Story entrance, excursion to Stratford Upon Avon & the city of Chester, day trip to the Lake District,visit to Llandudno & Betws-y-Coed (North Wales) plenty of free time to explore Liverpool & experience it’s nightlife & services of an Anderson Tours Tour Manager. Only

Day trips Including return coach travel, entrances, guided city sightseeing tour & services of a Tour Manager Sat 13th March Cambridge £45 Sat 13th March Stonehenge & Bath £49 Sun 14th March Oxford & Stratford £45 Sun 14th March Stonehenge & Bath £49 Sat 20th March A Day in Wales £45 Sun 21st March Windsor & Hampton Court £42 Sat 27th March Isle of Wight £45 Sun 28th March Leeds Castle & Rochester £42 Plus Stonehenge & Bath Everyday & Windsor & Oxford Mon-Fri WINDSOR, ETON & OXFORD 50% Off when booked together with Stonehenge & Bath

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